title: [On origin of Oviductus Ranae in Chinese Pharmacopoeia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the problem about the origin of Oviduetus Ranae in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia according to historical documents, the researches reported recently and the author research.
  
  
  METHODS
  Through comprehensive analysis of the documents and materials reported, the original animal sources of Oviduetus Ranae was discussed in terms of historical records, morphology, karyotype, Ag-Belt and isoenzyme electrophoresis, gene levels and so on.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The original animal sources of Oviduetus Ranae is Rana dybowskii,its order element is an effective species in China. In order to avoid the problem of species confusion about the origin of Oviduetus Ranae, author suggests that R. dybowskii should be the original animal of Oviduetus Ranae.
authors.affiliation: Changchun College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changchun 130117, China. cc-xjl@163.com
authors.forename: Jinglei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Dacheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D011898:Ranidae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics