title: [Investigation on the resources of medicinal centipedes and identification on their commodities].
abstract: Through investigation on the resources of medicinal centipedes and identification on corresponding medicinal materials, the original animals of medicinal centipedes are Scolopendra mutilans, S. multidens, S. mojiangica and S. negrocaptis. The main commercial medicinal centipede is S. mutilans. Its yield accounts for 95%. This paper arranged the retrieve tables of the morphological characters of original animals and commercial materials of medicinal centipedes.
authors.affiliation: Hubei Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy, Wuhan 430074.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000592:standards*; D010598:Pharmacognosy
chemical_list: D008419:Materia Medica