As a specific family merely spread in East Asia,Stachyuraceae contains only genus Stachyurus Sieb.et Zucc.,which is comprised of 16 species and 8 varieties.Among them,11 species and 7 varieties are distributed in China [1].The stalk pith of Stachyurus chinensis Franch.and Stachyurus himalaicus Hook.f.& Thomson ex Benth.is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine named Stachyuri Medulla Helwingiae Medulla,which possesses heat-clearing,diuretic,and milk secretion effects [2].Chemical investigations of S.himalaicus have revealed that it consists of graminone A,pinoresinol,oleanolic acid,daucosterol,P-sitosterol,gallic acid,ethyl gallate,butanedioic acid,tricontanoic acid,methyl tricontanoate,hexacosane,nonacosane,and triacontanol [3,4].However,to the best of our knowledge,such research has not been reported for S.chinensis until now.
Junwei Sun、Chouqiang Li、Zheng Ma
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College of Modern Science and Technology,China Jiliang University,310018,Hangzhou,P.R.China
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Biometrology and Inspection & Quarantine,College of Life Sciences,China Jiliang University,310018,Hangzhou,P.R.China
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