New approaches to diagnostics of medicinal plant raw materials Echinacea purpurea
AUTHORS : Kurkin V.A. | Velmyaykina E.I. | Ryzhov V.M. | Tarasenko L.V.
RELEVANT UNIVERSITIES : Samara State Medical University, Ministry of Health and Social Development of Russia, Samara
YEAR : 2012
RESUME Petiole anatomy is a new and promising method for diagnostics of medicinal plants, both fresh and airdried. With the help of digital microscopy there were studied the anatomical and morphological features of the structure petiole of fresh leafs of Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench. (Asteraceae), and also identified the main diagnostic features of the object in order to further the recommendations of the data to be included in the section “Microscopy” project pharmacopoeial monograph, which regulates the quality of fresh raw material of Echinacea purpurea. Keywords: Echinacea purpurea, petiole anatomy, petiole, microscopy, diagnostic characteristics.
