A Novel Method to Identify Three Quality Grades of Herbal Medicine Ophiopogonis Radix by Microscopic Quantification

• Main Authors: Kunzi Yu (Author), Wei Liu (Author), Nanping Zhang (Author), Xianlong Cheng (Author), Shiyu Zhou (Author), Tiantian Zuo (Author), Shuai Kang (Author), Feng Wei (Author), Shuangcheng Ma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Maidong, the root tuber of Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl., is a commonly used herbal medicine in China. There are three quality grades of Maidong according to traditional opinion and modern research studies: superior quality (Zhe-Maidong), medium quality (Chuan-Maidong), and poorest quality...