title: [Studies on original plant of traditional Chinese drug "bai zhi" (radix Angelicae Dahuricae) and its closely related wild plants. III. Comparison of coumarins of "bai zhi" with those of closely related wild plants].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide chemical data for confirming the original plant of traditional Chinese drug "Bai Zhi".
  
  
  METHODS
  Coumarins of 4 cultivated breeds of "Bai Zhi" and 3 closely related wild plants, together with other 2 Angelica plants were compared by HPLC.
  
  
  RESULTS
  According to coumarin patterns, 4 cultivated breeds of "Bai Zhi" and 3 closely related wild plants could be divided into 3 groups: 1. 4 cultivated breeds of "Bai Zhi" ("Chuan Bai Zhi", "Hang Bai Zhi", "Qi Bai Zhi" and "Yu Bai Zhi") and Angelica dahurica var. formosana; 2. A. dahurica; 3. A. porphyrocaulis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In point of the coumarin components, A. dahurica var. formosana is closer to traditional Chinese drug "Bai Zhi" than the others.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: C Q
authors.initials: CQ
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baba
mesh_terms: D029969:Angelica / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003374:Coumarins / Q000032:analysis*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D003374:Coumarins