title: [Studies on identification of Sedum emarginatum].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish methods for identification of the whole plant of Sedum emarginatum Migo.
  
  
  METHODS
  Macroscopic and microscopic observation and FTIR technique were used to authenticate this crude drug, and the identification characteristics were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The stem cross section and the whole plant powder had some notable micro-characters. The infrared spectras of the samples collected in the different habitats and seasons were very consistent with each other.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results can be used as the evidence for identification of this ethnomedicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, College of Life Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China.
authors.forename: Ran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ding-Rong
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Heng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D010598:Pharmacognosy; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology; D011208:Powders; D012621:Seasons; D031963:Sedum / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
chemical_list: D011208:Powders