[Identification of medicinal and edible tender shoots of Aralia in China].
OBJECTIVE
To Study the identification of medicinal and edible tender shoots of Aralia in China.


METHODS
Morphological identification and differential thermal analysis(DTA).


RESULTS
Important morphological and DTA features for identification were found.


CONCLUSIONS
It is difficult to identify these tender shoots merely on morphological characteristics, but the combination of morphological features with distinctive aspects of DTA curve helps distinguish these species and give an identification index.
Department of Pharmacy, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433.
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Wang
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Quan
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Lin
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Hu
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Tan
D027983:Aralia / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D004055:Differential Thermal Analysis; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010945:Plants, Edible / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification