title: [A pharmacognostical study on Nitraria tangutorum].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the pharmacognosy of Nitraria tangutorum Bobr. systematically.
  
  
  METHODS
  Macroscopic, microscopic identifications, physicochemical identification and UV spectrometry methods were carried out.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The macroscopical, microscopical and physicochemical characteristics of Nitraria tangutorum Bobr. were decribed in details.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results can be taken as the reference for identifying the species, analyzing the quality and laying down quality standard of the crude drug.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Xinjiang Phytomedicine Resources, Shihezi 832002, China. wh_pha@shzu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jin-rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-huai
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D005638:Fruit / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D010598:Pharmacognosy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D011208:Powders; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D032444:Tribulus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D011208:Powders