A Novel Method to Identify Three Quality Grades of Herbal Medicine Ophiopogonis Radix by Microscopic Quantification

A Novel Method to Identify Three Quality Grades of Herbal Medicine Ophiopogonis Radix by Microscopic Quantification

Maidong, the root tuber of Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl., is a commonly used herbal medicine in China. There are three quality grades of Maidong according to traditional opinion and modern research studies: superior quality (Zhe-Maidong), medium quality (Chuan-Maidong), and poorest quality...

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Main Authors: Kunzi Yu, Wei Liu, Nanping Zhang, Xianlong Cheng, Shiyu Zhou, Tiantian Zuo, Shuai Kang, Feng Wei, Shuangcheng Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
light microscope microscopy
herbal medicine
botanical identification
quality identification
microscopic quantification
ophiopogonis radix
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2020.591310/full

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