The main medicinal components (evodiamine, rutaecarpirie etc.) in Evodia rutoecarpa, E. rutaecarpa var. officinalis and E. rutaecarpa var. bodinieri in Chinese main production areas were studied. The results reveal that E. rutaecarpa had the highest effective component of E. rutaecarpa and 2 varieties, the alkali contents in E. rutaecarpa and E. rutaecarpa var. officinalis were 2.846% and 1.340% respectively in Guanyang county, Guangxi autonomous, China, which were more higher than that in other producing areas; E. rutaecarpa var. bodinieri growing in Yuqing county, Guanzhou province had the highest alkali content (0.33%), which was significantly lower than that in E. rutaecarpa and E. rutaecarpa var. officinalis. It is suggested that E. rutaecarpa should be vigorously developed, and in the aspect of producing area planning, the northern Guangxi, southwest of Hunan and southeast of Guizhou should"be emphatically take into account.
Evodia rutoecarpaE. rutaecarpa var. officinalisE. rutaecarpa var. bodinierialkaloidseffective componentsdifferent producing areas