title: [Identification of medicinal gualou (fruit-rind of Trichosanthes) and its mixed fruits in Sichuan].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Chengdu College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D004340:Drug Contamination; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010598:Pharmacognosy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*