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. 2023 Dec 17;19:63. doi: 10.1186/s13002-023-00636-x

Table 2.

Inventoried species pharmacologically validated in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (ChP) [12, 32]

Species Pinyin transliterationa Chinese Pharmacopoeia (1995*–2015)
Inventoried species and parts coinciding with ChP (included in the calculations of this paper)
 Allium sativum Dausan Allii Sativi Bulbus
 Angelica sinensis Danggui Radix Angelicae Sinensis
 Astragalus propinquus (under A. membranaceus) Huangqi Radix Astragali
 Atractylodes macrocephala Baizhu Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae
 Benincasa hispida var. chieh-gua Dongguapi Exocarpium Benincasae
 Capsicum annuum Lajiao Fructus Capsici*
 Cinnamomum cassia Guizhi Cortex Cinnamomi
 Codonopsis pilosula Dangshen Radix Codonopsis
 Coix lachryma-jobi Yiyiren Semen Coicis
 Crataegus pinnatifida Shanzha Fructus Crataegi
 Dimocarpus longan Longyanrou Arillus Longan
 Dioscorea oppositifolia (under D. opposita) Shanyao Rhizoma Dioscoreae
 Euryale ferox Qianshi Semen Euryales
 Glycine max Dandouchi Semen Sojae Preparatum
 Glycyrrhiza uralensis Gancao Radix Glycyrrhizae
 Illicium verum Bajiao Huixiangyou Fructus Anisi Stellati
 Isatis tinctoria (under I. indigotica) Qingdai (Daqingye), Banlangen Radix Isatidis
 Juglans regia Hetaoren Semen Juglandis
 Lablab purpureus Baibiandou Lablab Semen Album*
 Ligusticum striatum (under L. chuanxiong) Chuanxiong Rhizoma Chuanxiong
 Lilium brownii Baihe Bulbus Lilii
 Litchi chinensis Lizhihe Semen Litchi
 Lonicera japonica Jinyinhua Caulis Lonicerae
 Nelumbo nucifera Lianzixin/Lianzi/Lianfang/Lianxu/Oujie Plumula Nelumbinis, Semen Nelumbinis, Receptaculum Nelumbinis, Stamen Nelumbinis, Rhizomatis Nodus
 Paeonia lactiflora Chishao Radix Paeoniae Alba
 Panax ginseng Renshen Radix Ginseng
 Prunella vulgaris Xiakucao Spica Prunellae
 Prunus persica Taoren Semen Persicae
 Raphanus sativus Laifuzi Semen Raphani
 Rehmannia glutinosa Dihuang Radix Rehmanniae
 Rosa rugosa Meiguihua Flos Rosae Rugosae
 Salvia miltiorrhiza Danshen Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae
 Scaphium affine (under Sterculia lychnophora) Pangdahai Semen Sterculiae Lychnophorae*
 Sesamum idicum Heizhima Oleum Sesami
 Siraitia grosvenorii (under Momordica grosvenorii) Luohanguo Fructus Siraitiae
 Vigna angularis (under Phaseolus angularis) Chixiaodou Semen Vignae
 Zingiber officinale Ganjiang Rhizoma (Recens) Zingiberis
 Ziziphus jujuba Dazao Fructus Jujubae
Inventoried species (but not their parts) coinciding with ChP (not included in the calculations of this paper)
 Allium tuberosum Jiucaizi Semen Allii Tuberosi
 Brassica juncea Jiezi Semen Sinapis
 Daucus carota Nanheshi Fructus Carotae
 Hordeum vulgare Maiya Fructus Hordei Germinatus
 Lycium chinense Digupi Cortex Licii
 Oryza sativa Daoya Fructus Oryzae Germinatus

All the non-pharmacopoeia medicines do not appear in the table. Drug names are given in pharmaceutical Latin

*Pharmaceutical drugs included in Chinese Pharmacopoeia 1995 [32]

aFor standard Mandarin names, Roman transliteration, Hanyu pinyin without tonal (diacritical) marks, is used