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Identification of medicinal Atractylodes based on ITS sequences of nrDNA.
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin - 1 Feb 2006
Shiba Mao, Kondo Kenji, Miki Eiji, Yamaji Hiroki, Morota Takashi, Terabayashi Susumu, Takeda Shuichi, Sasaki Hiroshi, Miyamoto Ken-ichi, Aburada Masaki
Abstract excerpt
Dried rhizomes of five species of Atractylodes (A. japonica, A. macrocephala, A. lancea, A. chinensis, and A. koreana), Compositae, have been used as crude drugs mainly for the treatment of stomach disorders and for their diuretic properties in Chinese and Japanese traditional medicines. The identification of the botanical origins of these crude drugs is generally difficult from their morphological and chemical...
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