Crude drug sample data base

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Crude drug name

Market name刺老鴉
Formal nameタラ根皮
Japanese nameたらこんぴ, Tarakompi
Vernacular nameCilaoya
Latin nameAraliae Radicis Cortex (Non-JPS)
English nameAralia Elata Root Bark (Non-JPS)
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification root bark
Production area informationPeople's Republic of China, Heilongjiang Prov.
Collection informationJapan(ToS), Osaka Pref., Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. [Non-commercial Sample]
Collection date2021/04/01
CollectorKatsuko Komatsu
TMPW No.30999

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45.80377499999999
126.53496700000005
Production area information
People's Republic of China,Heilongjiang Prov.
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34.6937249
135.5022535
Collection information
Japan(ToS),Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base

Common nameたら根皮, Tarakompi, たらの木, Taranoki, Araliae Radicis Cortex (Non-JPS202), Aralia Elata Root Bark (Non-JPS2022)
Synonyms棇木, 棇木根, 棇木白皮
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Original plant nameAralia elata Seemann (Aralia elata Seemann var. subinermis Ohwi), (Taranoki (Medara))
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Family nameAraliaceae
Used partroot bark, root, wood, bark
Official compendiumNon-JPS (2022)
Clinical applicationIt is a folk medicine in Japan for diabetes mellitus. While in China, the root is used as anti-swelling, anodine, anti-paralytic and diuretic. The root bark is also used as stomachic, astringent, diuretic and antidiabetic.
Medical systemFolk medicine
Chemical constituentTriterpenoid saponins
(*C1):
alpha-Taralin, beta-Taralin, Araloside A, Araloside B, Araloside C (以上根皮, 材, 樹皮/root bark, wood, bark), alpha-Fatsin, beta-Fatsin(以上葉/leaf)

Sterols
(*C1):
beta-Sitosterol, Stigmasterol, Campesterol(以上根皮, 材, 樹皮/root bark, wood, bark)

Other aromatic derivatives
(*C1):
Protocatechuic acid(根皮, 材, 樹皮/root bark, wood, bark)

Simple nitrogen containing compounds
(*C1):
Choline(根皮, 材, 樹皮/root bark, wood, bark)

Chemical structure


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Pharmacological effectBlood sugar (decrease by water extract ; increase by protocatechuic acid).
DNA sequenceAF077875, AF273526, AF273527, AF273528
Classical reference
(Chinese Herbal Classic "Zhenglei bencao")
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DiseaseDiabetes mellitus, Edema, Gastric ulcer
Formulation
ReferencesNon-JPS2022: The Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2022.
C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. II, pp 178-180.
Last renewal date2022/07/21