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. 2018 Jan 17;8:1132. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.01132

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Cucurbitaceae trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim and the Chinese herbal medicine trichosanthes pericarpium The Chinese herbal medicine trichosanthes pericarpium is the dry mature pericarpium of cucurbitaceous trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim. It was purchased from Good Agricultural Practice of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Materials (GAP) base of trichosanthis fructus, Zhuangke village, Mashan town of Changqing District, Shandong Province, China, and was identified and assessed by Herbal Identification Staff Room, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. (A) Cucurbitaceous trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim and its fruit that shooted in the plantation of trichosanthis fructus in SDTCM; (B) the dry mature fruit of trichosanthes kirilowii Maxim; (C) the Chinese herbal medicine trichosanthes pericarpium. The voucher specimen (No. 20160807005 (B), No. 20160911003-006 (C)) were deposited in the SDTCM.