Introduction: Radix Isatidis is the most important antiviral herbal ingredient in China as an ingredient in a compound medicine or herbal tea,which is prepared from the boiling water extract of the sundried root of Isatis indigotica Fort.Considering the remarkably high contents of proteins and reducing sugars in most herbs,it is reasonable to assume that Maillard reaction occurs when herbs are heated during sundrying.In this work,the influence of sundrying on the protein content and trypsin inhibitory activity of the extracts were investigated in order.to evaluate the impact of Maillard reaction.
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