Studies on the Relationship between the Structures, Development and Major Medicinal Components Accumulation of Polygala Tenuifolia Willd and Polygala Sibiric L.
Yuan-Zhi has been used in traditional Chinese medicine. Chinese Pharmacopoeia took Polygala tenuifolia Willd and Polygala sibirica L.as two original plants of Yuan-Zhi. P. tenuifolia Will and P. sibirica L. which belong to Polygalaceae are perennial herbaceous plants, and the main medical parts of them are dry roots. The main medicinal ingredients in its dry roots were saponin, xanthone, oligosaccharide polyesters, polysaccharide and fat oil. Anatomical, histochemical and phytochemial methods were us...