[Resource and pharmacognostical study on Aralia echinocaulis].
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.
Bao
Bo-lin
BL
Department of Pharmacy, 181 Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Guilin 541002, China. 09081@hotmail.com
Wang
Zhong-zhuang
ZZ
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*
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D014315:Triterpenes; D009828:Oleanolic Acid