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de·coc·tion

(dē-kok'shŭn),
1. The process of boiling.
2. The pharmacopeial name for preparations made by boiling crude vegetable drugs, and then straining, in the proportion of 50 g of the drug to 1000 mL of water.
Synonym(s): apozem, apozema
[L. decoctio, fr. de-coquo, pp. -coctus, to boil down]
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decoction

Alternative medicine
A herbal medicine preparation in which the substrate (e.g., cinnamon bark, ginger root, nuts, seeds or coarse leaves) is hard or ligneous, making its extraction difficult; decoctions require grinding or pulverisation and then boiling to extract the volatile oil or substance of interest. 

Chinese medicine
A preparation of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs in which the dried herbs are placed in water, boiled until the volume is markedly reduced, and the dregs strained off; it results in virtually complete extraction of the herb’s essence and medicinal potential, as well as rapid absorption and onset of action.
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de·coc·tion

(dē-kok'shŭn)
1. The process of boiling.
2. The pharmacopeial name for preparations made by boiling crude vegetable drugs, and then straining, in the proportion of 50 g of the drug to 1000 mL of water.
Synonym(s): apozem, apozema.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

de·coc·tion

(dē-kok'shŭn)
1. The process of boiling.
2. The pharmacopeial name for preparations made by boiling crude vegetable drugs, and then straining them, in the proportion of 50 g of the drug to 1000 mL of water.
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The fingerprint of the water decoction of yacon leaves was achieved using analytical HPLC with an Agilent 1260 series over an Agilent reverse-phase ZORBAXSB-C18 column (4.6x150 mm,5um particle size) protected by a pre-column from the same company eluting with MeCN(A)-H2O containing 0.4% H3PO4 (B) in a gradient as follows: initial 10:90 (A:B) increased to 25:75 for 10 min, isocratic at 25:75 for 5 min, then run to 50:50 at the 30th min, to 65:35min at the 45th min, to 80:20 at the 55th min and changed to 0:100 after 5 min followed by an isocratic hold for 10 min, and finally reconditioning for 20 min.
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