[Study on identification of wild and cultirated Radix Scutellariae in different growing years].
OBJECTIVE
To identify Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin) of different growth years, to distinguish whether it's wild or cultivated and to provide useful information for the quality control of Huangqin crude drug.


METHODS
By using morphological and histological methods, we studied 87 individuals of 45 specimens from 12 habitats of 5 provinces of China, which grew wild or were cultivated in different growing years. Moreover, 22 commercial samples of Huangqin from 7 provinces were also investigated.


RESULTS
The identification was performed base on morphological and histological characteristics, such as, the shape, color, cork, remaining stems, decayed central xylem, and vessels arrangement, xylem cork ring, growth rings, etc.


CONCLUSIONS
We established an identification method for distinguishing Huangqin wild or cultivated in different growing years. Furthermore, the structure of annual rings in the transection of Radix Scutellariae has been discovered for the first time.
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100083, China.
Dong-ye
DY
Yang
Shao-qing
SQ
Cai
Xuan
X
Wang
Wen-lian
WL
Yang
Tadato
T
Tani
Seiichi
S
Yamaji
Tsuneo
T
Namba
D002681:China; D017753:Ecosystem; D010598:Pharmacognosy; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D011786:Quality Control; D031364:Scutellaria baicalensis / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development; D013997:Time Factors