title: [Resource and pharmacognostical study on Aralia echinocaulis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide fundamental information for its exploiting. Aralia echinocaulis by the resource and identification study on.
  
  
  METHODS
  Resource survey and various identification were carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The county level distribution and ecological environment of A. echinocaulis were initially observed. It mainly distributed in the mountainous areas of the Yangtze River basin and the south, and was usually used as folk drug. This study also displayed its morphological, microscopic and chemophysical identification features.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The morphological features of original plant and crude drug, and the anatomical and chemophysical characteristics of A. echinocaulis are of identification value, and the species are also of greater development and utilization potentiality, but the resource does not support the sustainable utilization. Therefore, artificial propagation is apparently crucial to its exploitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, 181 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Guilin 541002, China. 09081@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Bo-lin
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Zhong-zhuang
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D027983:Aralia / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000737:chemistry; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy; D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017753:Ecosystem; D006801:Humans; D009828:Oleanolic Acid / Q000032:analysis; D010598:Pharmacognosy; D008517:Phytotherapy; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000166:cytology; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D010945:Plants, Edible / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000737:chemistry; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D014315:Triterpenes; D009828:Oleanolic Acid