Influence of Plant Growth Retardants on Quality of Codonopsis Radix.

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Differentiating Authentic Adenophorae Radix from Its Adulterants in Commercially-Processed Samples Using Multiplexed ITS Sequence-Based SCAR Markers

Determining the precise botanical origin of a traditional herbal medicine is important for basic quality control. In both the Chinese and Korean herbal pharmacopoeia, authentic Adenophorae Radix is defined as the roots of Adenophora stricta and Adenophora triphylla. However, the roots of Codonopsis lanceolata, Codonopsis pilosula, and Glehnia littoralis are frequently distributed as Adenophorae...

Supercritical CO2 extraction of Codonopsis

In the present study, Radix Codonopsis was extracted by supercritical CO2 extraction. As Ointment collecting rate and the yield of stigmasterol are index, Various reaction parameters were changed to attain the optimal conditions. The appropriate process conditions are size 40 60Mesh, 30 Mpa pressure, temperature 65 °C, 120 min, entrainer Alcohol dynamic extraction (entrainer pump flow rate of 1...

اثر کندکننده‌های رشد گیاهی و تاریخ کاشت بر برخی ویژگی‌های نشا، بوته و میوه گوجه‌فرنگی

Enhancing the quality of transplant to reduce production costs is an important in tomato production. For this reason, the effects of growth retardants and the planting date on the tomato plant (Cheff) were investigated in this study. The first experiment involved five treatments (Paclobutrazol 0, 250 and 500 mg/L and Cycocel 0, 500 and 1000 mg/L), based on a complete randomized design in Labora...

Structure Features and Anti-Gastric Ulcer Effects of Inulin-Type Fructan CP-A from the Roots of Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf.

Radix Codonopsis has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for strengthening the immune system, improving poor gastrointestinal function, treating gastric ulcers and chronic gastritis and so on. In the present study, an inulin-type fructan CP-A was obtained from the roots of Codonopsis pilosula (Franch.) Nannf. and its structure was confirmed by MS and NMR as (2 → 1) linked-β-d-fructofurano...