[Morphology study on traditional Chinese medicine of animal skeleton of osteon myospalacem baileyi]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2014 Oct;39(19):3736-40.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Sailonggu, a traditional Chinese medicine is whole skeleton of Myospalax baileyi, which is a kind of animal of rodent from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Osteon Myospalacem Baileyiis the first category medicinal materials of China Food and Drug Administration. For better quality control, a method of the morphological identification of Osteon Myospalacem Baileyi was established by means of studying characteristics of the animal skeleton, it's microscopic characteristics of powder, and literatures comparison. The characteristics of Osteon Myospalacem Baileyi were observed and recorded in detail and marked by number, which could be used for identifying crude drug of Osteon Myospalacem Baileyi efficiently.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bone and Bones / anatomy & histology*
  • Bone and Bones / chemistry
  • China
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional
  • Rodentia / anatomy & histology*