J Syst Evol ›› 1987, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (1): 50-55.

• Research Articles • Previous Articles     Next Articles

The Main Original Plants of the Traditional Chinese Drug Mainbeixian

1Xi Jing-Qing, 1Zhao Wei-Liang, 2Mizuo Mizuno   

  1. 1(Pharmaceutical Faculty, Zhejiang Mcdical Univerity Hangzhou) 2(Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu, Japan)
  • Published:1987-02-18

Abstract: The main original plant of the traditional Chinese drug Mianbeixian has been considered as Dioscorea septemloba Thunb. for a long time. Based on morphological, light microscopical, scanning electron microscopical, chromatographical and ultra-violet spectroscopical examinations and in comparison with the Japanese material, the Chinese one is proposed as a newspecies-Dioscorea spongiosa.

Key words: Dioscorea spongiosa, D.septemloba.