Magnolia officinalis (bark)
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+ | | description=[The bark of ''Magnolia officinalis'' is] inodorous; taste somewhat astringent, pungent, and bitter. | ||
+ | The aromatic property, which resides in a volatile principle, is diminished by desiccation, and entirely lost when the bark is long kept. The bitterness, however, remains. The bark is destitute of astringency.}} | ||
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+ | | description=The bark from young wood is quilled or curved, thin, externally orange-brown and glossy, or light gray, with scattered warts and somewhat fissured, internally whitish or pale brownish and smooth; fracture short, in the inner layer somewhat fibrous ... | ||
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+ | The bark of old wood, deprived of the cork, is whitish or brownish, fibrous, and less pungent.}} | ||
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Revision as of 15:27, 31 March 2015
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Nomenclature
Magnolia officinalis Rehder & E.H. Wilson Magnoliaceae
Standardized common name (English): magnolia
Pinyin name(s): hou po; hou po (bark of stem; twig; and root); hou po hua (flower bud)
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
Magnolia (bark) (Magnolia officinalis) Lane Assignments Lanes, from left to right (Track, Volume, Sample):
Reference materials used here have been authenticated by macroscopic, microscopic &/or TLC studies according to the reference source cited below held at Alkemists Laboratories, Costa Mesa, CA. Stationary Phase Silica gel 60, F254, 10 x 10 cm HPTLC plates Mobile Phase cyclohexane: ethyl acetate: HCOOH [6/4/0.2] Sample Preparation Method 0.3g+3mL 70% grain EtOH sonicate/heat @~50° C ~ 1/2 hr Detection Method 10% Ethanolic H2SO4 -> 115° C 15 min -> visible light Reference see Pharmacopoeia of The Peoples Republic of China, Volume 1, 1997
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Supplementary Information
Sources
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ United States Dispensatory (1918)
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com
- ↑ Elan M. Sudberg, Alkemist Laboratories http://www.alkemist.com