Smart and Green Production Technologies for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials : State-of-the-art Innovative Techniques

This book comprehensively provides innovative technologies related to the traditional Chinese medicinal materials industry. It covers potential or practical applications, which include, but not limited to honeysuckle detection, extraction and functional component components from Rhizoma Polygonati, Panax notoginseng, and new qualitative and quantitative analysis techniques application in the chemical components determination of Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.). Chinese herbal medicine is a unique medicine that has long been used in the prevention and treatment of diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is mainly composed of plant medicine and mineral medicine. Increasing labor cost and shrinking labor pool negatively affect the sustainability of Chinese herbal medicine industry. Recent sensing and automation technologies has been directly used for traditional Chinese medicinal materials industry to reduce the cost or help to extract or identify active components from Chinese herbal medicine. This book can be used by undergraduates, or graduate students in the area of smart agriculture, plant science, and chemical engineering. 

Dr. Zhiqiang Kong received his B.E. degree from the College of Plant Protection from Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China, in 2009, the M.E. degree in Institute of Plant Protection from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2012, and the Ph.D. degree in Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech from the University of Liege, Belgium, in 2017. From July 2012 to March 2020, Dr. Kong has been in Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences as an associate professor, Since April 2020, Dr. Kong has been in Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences as an associate professor.

Dr. Kong primarily engaged in research on quality and safety evaluation of Chinese medicinal materials and disease prevention/control technologies. He has led over 10 national and international research projects, including: National Key R&D Program-Intergovernmental International Cooperation Project (China), NSFC General Program and Youth Program (National Natural Science Foundation of China). He is Standing Committee Member of Bioengineering Technology & Product R&D Committee, China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Council Member of Medicinal Plant Resources Utilization & Conservation Committee, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.

Minmin Li acquired bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northeast Agricultural University in 2004 and 2013, and doctor’s degree in Liege University in 2019. Since July 2013, she is working at the Institute of Food Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the deputy director of Key Laboratory of Agro-products Quality and Safety Control in Storage and Transport Process, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China. Dr. Li focuses on the evaluations of food safety and quality during the processing. Her recent research interests include: the analysis, identification, degradation, migration, metabolism, and toxicity of chemical contaminants in the agro-products, the safety and activity evaluation on chiral agro-chemicals based on zebrafish, etc. Dr. Wang was also the recipient of Chinese Youth Science and Technology Award and Second Prize of China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Award.

Dr. Yonggang Wang received his B.E. degree in Bioengineering from Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, in 2006, the M.E. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, in 2010, and the Ph.D. degree in Renewable energy and Environmental Engineering from the Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, Gansu Province, China, in 2021. Since December 2024, Dr. Wang has been in School of Life Science and Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology as Professor. Dr. Wang focuses on the research of Functional genomics and microbial systems engineering. His recent research interests include: “Microbe-medicinal plant” antagonism-symbiosis mechanism, Functional genome and metabolite synthesis mechanism reveal of medicinal plants, Microbial molecular ecology and advanced metabolic engineering, etc. He served as a reviewer for several international and domestic journals, and a Council Member of Feed Chinese Herbal Medicine Industry Science and Technology Innovation Alliance, a Council Member of the Youth Professional Committee of Gansu Immunology Society.

Dr. Zhao Zhang received his B.E. and M.E. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Agricultural Mechanization from Northwest A&F University in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Agricultural Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, U.S., in 2015. Since November 2021, Dr. Zhang has been in College of Information and Electrical Engineering, China Agricultural University as a Professor.