title: [Identification on the botanical origin of xueshangyizhihao produced in Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan Provinces and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region].
abstract: The botanical origin of Xueshangyizhihao should be Aconitum brachypodum var. laxiflorum produced in Dongchuan, Huize and Xundian districts in Yunnan Province. Recently, this herb has been found coming from Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan Provinces and Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Botanical identification show that except the one from Sichuan being of the same origin as that from Yunnan, this herb consists essentially of the species of genus Aconitum, mainly A. flavum, A. pendulum, and others such as A. sungpanense, A. polyschistum and A. iudlowii.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Institute of Drug Control.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D004340:Drug Contamination; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D011786:Quality Control