Pharmacognostic study on Yunnan herbal medicine Corydalis Taliensis Herba / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To identify a Yunnan herbal medicine-Corydalis Taliensis Herb. METHODS: Pharmacognostic methods have been used on the original plant, macroscopic characteristics, microscopic tissue structure and powder characteristics of Corydalis Taliensis Herb. RESULTS: Corydalis Taliensis Herb is the dried herb of Corydalis taliensis. Its stems five prism, leaves 2-to 3-ternate divided, flowers, spurred, purple, violet or pink, starchy and bitter. The size of epidermal cells are not the same, and some of cell outer wall papillate; stone cells visiblly, fibres with various shapes. CONCLUSION: Experimental results can be used for authenticity identification and quality control of Corydalis Taliensis Herb.