[Identification of turtle shell, tortoise plastron and their counterfeit products].
OBJECTIVE
To identify the commercial Chinese medicines turtle shell and tortoise plastron.


METHODS
Morphological identification and differential thermal analysis (DTA).


RESULTS
2 kinds of counterfeit turtle shell and 3 kinds of counterfeit tortoise plastron were found, and their morphological and DTA identification features were proposed.


CONCLUSIONS
Sea turtle shells presently on the market are sham commodities of turtle shell, which derive from Lissemys punctata and Pelochelys bibroni indigenous to south Asia, while plastrons of Ocadia sinensis, Chelonia mydas and Lepidochelys olivacea are counterfeit products of tortoise plastron. Turtle shells, tortoise plastrons and their counterfeit products may be exactly distinguished by morphological and DTA features.
Wang
Z Z
ZZ
Department of Pharmacy, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Lin
J M
JM
Ye
G M
GM
Quan
S C
SC
Hu
J H
JH
D000818:Animals; D004055:Differential Thermal Analysis; D004340:Drug Contamination; D008419:Materia Medica; D014426:Turtles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification
D008419:Materia Medica