Aconitum napellus (root)
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+ | ''Introduction from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum_napellus, retrieved 02/20/2012).'' | ||
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+ | ''Aconitum napellus'' (Monkshood, "aconite", "Wolf's Bane", ''Fuzi'', "Monk's Blood", or "Monk's Hood") is a species of Aconitum in the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to western and central Europe. | ||
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+ | It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall, with hairless stems and leaves. The leaves are rounded, 5–10 cm diameter, palmately divided into five to seven deeply lobed segments. The flowers are dark purple to bluish-purple, narrow oblong helmet-shaped, 1–2 cm tall. | ||
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+ | Plants are grown in gardens in temperate zones for their spike-like inflorescences that are showy in early-mid summer and their attractive foliage. There are white and rose colored forms in cultivation too. | ||
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+ | ''The quoted text in this section was licensed for use under the Creative Commons ShareAlike License, version 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/'' | ||
+ | =Macroscopic Entries= | ||
+ | =Microscopic Entries= | ||
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{{Microscopy | source=Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. | {{Microscopy | source=Schneider, A. (1921) The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs, 2nd ed. | ||
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| adulterants=Among the possible adulterants are horseradish, (simple, oval to elliptical starch granules, 5μ to 15μ, with very distinct hili and lamellations); ''A. Fischeri'', (starch granules mostly simple and in twos and the aggregates of five to nine). Single granules somewhat larger than in ''A. napellus'' and some of the sclerenchyma cells considerably elongated; Japanese aconite (sclerenchyma cells wanting). Suspect other species and varieties of aconite, also the use of exhausted powder, crowns and stem parts (fibrous tissue excessive and a few 2- to 5-celled trichromes). Suspect roots from other groups of plants. | | adulterants=Among the possible adulterants are horseradish, (simple, oval to elliptical starch granules, 5μ to 15μ, with very distinct hili and lamellations); ''A. Fischeri'', (starch granules mostly simple and in twos and the aggregates of five to nine). Single granules somewhat larger than in ''A. napellus'' and some of the sclerenchyma cells considerably elongated; Japanese aconite (sclerenchyma cells wanting). Suspect other species and varieties of aconite, also the use of exhausted powder, crowns and stem parts (fibrous tissue excessive and a few 2- to 5-celled trichromes). Suspect roots from other groups of plants. | ||
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+ | =HPTLC Entries= | ||
+ | =Other Points of Interest= |
Revision as of 20:47, 20 February 2012
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Introduction
Introduction from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum_napellus, retrieved 02/20/2012).
Aconitum napellus (Monkshood, "aconite", "Wolf's Bane", Fuzi, "Monk's Blood", or "Monk's Hood") is a species of Aconitum in the family Ranunculaceae, native and endemic to western and central Europe.
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 1 m tall, with hairless stems and leaves. The leaves are rounded, 5–10 cm diameter, palmately divided into five to seven deeply lobed segments. The flowers are dark purple to bluish-purple, narrow oblong helmet-shaped, 1–2 cm tall.
Plants are grown in gardens in temperate zones for their spike-like inflorescences that are showy in early-mid summer and their attractive foliage. There are white and rose colored forms in cultivation too.
The quoted text in this section was licensed for use under the Creative Commons ShareAlike License, version 3.0: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Macroscopic Entries
Microscopic Entries
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HPTLC Entries
Other Points of Interest
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