Flos lonicerae is a common Chinese traditional medicine, dried bud or flower of Lonicera japonica Thunb Lonicera hypoglauca Miq. Lonicera confusa DC. or Lonicera dasystyla Rehd. Picked in early summer, straight dried in sunlight or after fumed by sulfur.
Its main effective components contain organic acid include chlorogenic acid caffeic acid isochlorogenic acid et. and volatile oil include linalool lauric acid myristic acid (z,z) -9, 12-octadecadienoic acid (z,z,z) -9, 12,15-octadecatrienoic ...