Resource and pharmacognostical study on Aralia echinocaulis.
- Author:
Bo-lin BAO
1
;
Zhong-zhuang WANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Aralia; anatomy & histology; chemistry; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; drug therapy; China; Conservation of Natural Resources; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; analysis; therapeutic use; Ecosystem; Humans; Oleanolic Acid; analysis; Pharmacognosy; Phytotherapy; Plant Leaves; cytology; Plant Roots; chemistry; cytology; Plants, Edible; anatomy & histology; Plants, Medicinal; anatomy & histology; chemistry; Stomach Ulcer; drug therapy; Triterpenes; analysis
- From: China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica 2004;29(6):508-510
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo provide fundamental information for its exploiting. Aralia echinocaulis by the resource and identification study on.
METHODResource survey and various identification were carried out.
RESULTThe county level distribution and ecological environment of A. echinocaulis were initially observed. It mainly distributed in the mountainous areas of the Yangtze River basin and the south, and was usually used as folk drug. This study also displayed its morphological, microscopic and chemophysical identification features.
CONCLUSIONThe morphological features of original plant and crude drug, and the anatomical and chemophysical characteristics of A. echinocaulis are of identification value, and the species are also of greater development and utilization potentiality, but the resource does not support the sustainable utilization. Therefore, artificial propagation is apparently crucial to its exploitation.
