[Identification of medicinal gualou (fruit-rind of Trichosanthes) and its mixed fruits in Sichuan].
Our investigation shows that in Sichuan Province there are 7 species of medicinal gualou (fruid-rind of Trichosanthes) and its confused fruits (6 species of Trichosanthes and 1 species of Citrullus), among which 2 species are included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. The drug and its confused fruits are similar in shape. This paper emphatically deals with the tissue identification of the above mentioned 7 species.
Zeng
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Chengdu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Wang
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Yang
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D004340:Drug Contamination; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010598:Pharmacognosy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*