臺灣市售蒲公英藥材之鑑別   全文下載

Pharmacognostical Studies of Commerical Articles of Taraxaci Herba in Taiwain

本調查以逢機取樣方式蒐購台北市地區中藥店市售之蒲公英檢體計25件，由性狀特徵及組職鑑別其基原，並採集台灣蒲公英、西洋蒲公英、兔兒菜、刀傷草、紫背草、?苣菜、黃鵪菜等藥材對照鑑定。市售蒲公英檢體中，經確認14件為兔兒菜（Lactuca chinensis Makino），8件為刀傷草（Ixeris laevigata (BI.) Sch.-Bip. ex Max.），1件為台灣蒲公英（Taraxacum formosanum Kitamura）摻有兔兒菜，1件為兔兒菜摻有紫背草（Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC.），1件為半枝蓮（Scutellaria rivularis Benth.）。目前台灣藥材市場上以兔兒菜充當蒲公英使用佔較大部分，此外並有以刀傷草充用之。

To identify their botanical origins by pharmacognostical and chemical identification and by contrasting with their references, twenty-five commercial articles of Taraxaci Herba were collected from Taipei herb markets.The results of this study indicated that of the total samples, fourteen belonged to Lactuca chinensis Makino, eight belonged to Ixeris laevigata (BI.) SchBip. ex Max., one belonged to Taraxacum formosanum Kitamura adulterated with Lactuca Chinensis Makino, one belonged to Lactuca chinensis Makino adulterated with Emila sonchifolia.(L.) DC. and one belonged to Scutellaria rivularis Benth.