title: [Preliminary study on crystals of calcium oxalate in 57 Chinese medicines].
abstract: This paper reports the results of a study on 57 Chinese medicinal materials, including the distribution of crystals, types of crystal morphology, size or degree of distinctness. Based on the crystal morphology a checking-index diagram has been compiled as foundations for classifying medicinal plants and micro-identifying the tissue powder of medicinal materials.
authors.forename: X F
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000032:analysis*; D003461:Crystallography; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D002129:Calcium Oxalate