Pharmacognostic study of medicinal raw materials of some representatives of the genus Paeonia
AUTHORS : Bobkova N.V.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M.Sechenov, Department of Pharmacognosy, Moscow
YEAR : 2013
Target: Perfection characteristics authenticity and comparative pharmacognostic analysis of the raw material of the evading peony and the milk-flowered peony.
Research methods: experimental (macroscopic, microscopic,quality chemical).
Results: The morphological and anatomical features of the roots of two peony species are described.
Differences in the external and anatomical-diagnostic features and chemical composition of the peony evading
different growing areas and the peony of the lactic-flowered peony were determined.
Conclusions: Proposed characteristics of authenticity for whole and crushed rhizomesand the roots
of the evading peony and the roots of the milky-flowered peony.
Key words: Evasive peony, lacto-flowered peony, microscopic analysis,thin layer
chromatography.
