槟榔系常用中药,有驱虫、行气的功效。已证实其有效成分为槟榔碱。我们发现槟榔批货的形态、质地等与槟榔碱的含量有一定的关系。据药工鉴别经验,槟榔以鸡心形、高梁心、个小、质硬者为佳。我国药典规定个大、质硬为佳。笔者对两批不同形态的槟榔进行了醚溶性生物碱的含量测定。初步认为槟榔以圆锥形(鸡心形)、色深、个小、质硬者为佳,而扁球形、个大、质松者较次,水漂浮者为次品。此结果可提供我国发展槟榔资源和药典制定标准时参考。本实验所用槟榔是由济南市药材站加工厂提供。第一批由云南昆明进货,产地不 The betel nut is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine and has the effects of repelling insects and qi. It has been confirmed that its active ingredient is arecoline. We have found that the betelnuts are in a certain relationship with the content of arecoline. According to the pharmacist’s identification experience, it is better to have a heart-shaped, high-brow heart, a small, hard-hardened betel nut. The Chinese Pharmacopoeia requires a large and hard quality. The author determined the content of ether-soluble alkaloids in two batches of betel nuts of different forms. It is preliminarily believed that betel nut is preferably conical (chicken heart shape), deep in color, small in size, and hard in quality, while flat spheroids, large in size, inferior in quality, and floating in water are inferior. This result can provide reference for the development of betel nut resources in our country and the establishment of standards for pharmacopoeia. The betel nut used in this experiment was provided by the Jinan City medicinal herb station processing plant. The first batch was purchased from Kunming, Yunnan Province.