Effect of Picking Time on Quality of Ziziphus jujuba var.spinosa in Qingyang Production Area of Gansu Province
The seed of Ziziphus jujuba var.spinosa is cistanche kidney pills,ginseng spleen pills,brain pills and other dozens of Chinese medicine important raw materials,with the increase of Ziziphus jujuba var.spinosa market demand year by year,the purchase price also rose year by year.But Ziziphus jujuba var.spinosa are more wild,resources are limited,the"earlier-plucking"and destroy the pillar picking appeared in Qingyang area of Gansu province is not conducive to the sustainable development of Ziziphus jujuba var.spinosa resources.In order to analyze the effect of picking time on the quality of the seed of Ziziphus jujuba var.spinosa,the seed of Ziziphus jujuba var.spinosa from Qingyang production area of Gansu province at different picking times were collected from September 8 to October 20,2023,and the contents of oil,total flavonoids,total saponins and crude polysaccharides were detected.The results showed that"earlier-plucking"lead to the content of oil,total flavonoids,total saponins,crude polysaccharide in the seed of Ziziphus jujuba var.spinosa seriously low,the seed of Ziziphus jujuba var.spinosa quality decline.Effective component content is basically stable at Qingyang production area of Gansu province in early October,suggested that Qingyang area should intervene the picking time at October.
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