title: [Pharmacognostical identification of Vernonia patula (Dry) Merr].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify Vernonia patula (Dry) Merry.
  
  
  METHODS
  Characteristic study, microscopic identification and UV spectrometry method were carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Obvious characteristics were found in the tissue structures of the roots, stems and leaves.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results can be taken as the reference for analyzing the quality of the crude drug.
authors.affiliation: Guangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530001, China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Yi-lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jian-bei
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Teng
authors.forename: Jin-sheng
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D010598:Pharmacognosy; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D011208:Powders; D011786:Quality Control; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D035741:Vernonia / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D011208:Powders