Crude drug sample data base

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Crude drug name

Market name珍珠
Formal name珍珠
Japanese nameちんじゅ, Chinju
Vernacular nameZhenzhu
Latin nameMargarita (CP)
English namePearl (CP)
Original plant namePinctada martensii Dunker, (Akoyagai)
Family namePteriidae
Used partClassificationAnimal origin
Sub classification shellfish
Collection informationPeople's Republic of China, Xining, Qinghai Himalaya Tibetan and Mongolian Medicine Store
Collection date2000/08/03
CollectorKatsuko Komatsu, et al.
TMPW No.20140

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Production area information
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Collection information
People's Republic of China,Xining
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Scientific information data base

Common name珍珠, Zhenzhu, Margarita (CP2020), Pearl (CP2020)
Synonyms真珠
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Original plant namePinctada martensii Dunker1, Pinctada margaritifera L.2, (Akoyagai1, Shinjugai1, Kurochōgai2)
Family namePteriidae
Used partpathological formation in the mantle
Official compendiumCP (2020 ed.)
Medical systemTraditional Chinese medicine
Drug effect in
traditional medicine
Traditional
classification
Anticonvulsives
Beneficial effect[Property and Flavor] Cold; sweet, salty.
[Meridian Tropism] Heart and liver meridians.
[Actions] To settle spirit and convulsion, improve vision, remove nebula, remove toxin, promote tissue regeneration, moisten skin, and resolve macule.
[Indications] Fright palpitations, insomnia, convulsion, epilepsy, red eyes, nebula, unhealing sore and ulcer, and skin-colored spot.
Chemical constituentCarotenoids
(*C1):
カロチノイド/ carotenoids

Amino acids
(*C1):
Leucine, Methionine, Alanine, Glycine, Glutamic acid, Aspartic acid

Others
(*C1):
CaCO3

Others
(*C1):
Conchiolin様蛋白質/ Conchiolin-like protein

DNA sequenceAF229620, AJ389638
DiseaseFever, Insomnia, Sputum, Cough, Tuberculosis
Formulationrarely used in formula
ReferencesCP2020: Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China 2020 edi.
C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. Ⅱ, pp 310-312.
Last renewal date2021/09/28