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[Study on pharmacognostic identifcation of Cassia siamea]
Ran Xu1, Xue-Qun Liu, De-Xin Tie
1Department of Pharmacy, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, China. ; xuran3006@126.com
Objective:
To establish methods for identification of Dai medicine, the heartwoods and leaves of Cassia siamea.
Methods:
Macroscopic, microscopic observation and TLC technique were used to anthenticate this crude drug, and the identification characteristics were studied.
Results:
Macroscopic and microscopic identification methods and TLC characters of the ethnomedicine were re-ported, and the simple and detailed drawings of the transections of the heartwoods and leaves, as well as microscopic drawings of their powders were drawn in this paper.
Conclusion:
The results can serve as evidence for identification of the ethnomedicine in the utilization.
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