Agathosma betulina (leaf)
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+ | {{Organolepsy | source=Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. | ||
+ | | description=Odor and taste characteristic, aromatic, mint-like. | ||
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+ | {{Macroscopy | source=Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. | ||
+ | | description='''Plants:''' Woody shrubs, 0.3-1.2 M. (1-4°) high, branches many, stiff, angular, bark smooth, purple; young twigs covered with immersed oil-glands; flowers solitary, pink; calyx 5 segments, deeply cut; petals 5, glandular-punctate; stamens 5; fruit 5-coccus capsule, adherent by inner margins, 9 Mm. (3/8') long, 12 Mm. (1/2') broad, 5-seeded. | ||
+ | '''Leaves:''' (''B. betulina''): Short, rhomboidally oval, obovate, 9-25 Mm. (3/8-1') long, 4-13 Mm. (1/6-1/2') broad, apex obtuse, recurved, serrate, finely dentate, oil gland at the base of each tooth, cuncate base, yellowish-green, coriaceous, glandular-punctate, both surfaces papillose, under longitudinally striate, petiole 1 Mm. (1/25') long. | ||
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+ | {{Macroscopy | source=Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed. | ||
+ | | description='''Powder:''' Yellowish-green, microscopically-- many sphaero-crystals from epidermis and mucilage cells. | ||
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| caption1=Upper epidermis showing sphaerocrystalline masses of diosmin observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | | caption1=Upper epidermis showing sphaerocrystalline masses of diosmin observed at 400x with Acidified Chloral Hydrate Glycerol Solution. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:40, 24 June 2015
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Nomenclature
Agathosma betulina (P.J. Bergius) Pillans Rutaceae
Syn. Barosma betulina (Bergius) Bartl. & H.L. Wendl.
Standardized common name (English): buchu
Botanical Voucher Specimen
Organoleptic Characteristics
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Macroscopic Characteristics
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Microscopic Characteristics
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High Performance Thin Layer Chromatographic Identification
Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Culbreth, D. (1917) A Manual of Materia Media and Pharmacology, 6th ed.
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com