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. 2020 Mar 12;12(2):104–117. doi: 10.1016/j.chmed.2020.03.002

Table 5.

Rhizome volatile oil of Chinese Atractylodes.

Species Morphology Origins Gas chromatography peaks (components)
a bⅠ cⅡ d eⅢ fⅣ gⅤ hⅥ i jⅦ k lⅧ
Atractylodes macrocephala leaves 3–5 pinnately cleft or deeply cleft Pingjiang, Hunan (Bai Zhu) ± + + ++++ (+) (+) (+) (+) ++ ++
Hangzhou, Zhejiang (Bai Zhu) ± (+) + ++++ (+) (+) (+) (+) ++
Changhua, Zhejiang (Yu Zhu) (+) (+) + ++ (+) (+) + + ± + ++
Zhejiang (Dong Zhu) (+) + ++ (+) (+) + + + ± + +
A. japonica Heilongjiang + (+) (+) (+) (+) (+) + (+) ++
A. lancea leaves undivided or only a few shallow lobes Tong Bai, Hunan ± ± ± (+) +++++ +++++ ± ± ±
Taiping, Anhui ± ± ± (+) +++++ +++++ + ± (+)
Hubei + (+) ± ± (+) +++++ +++ + (+)
Jurong, Jiangsu + (+) (+) + ++ ++ +++ (+) + (+) ±
A. lanceavar.chinensis Huairou, Beijing (+) ± (+) (+) + ++ ++++ (+) (+) ++ ±
Gu'an, Hebei (+) ± (+) (±) (+) ++ +++ + + ++ +
Changping, Beijing + ± (+) (+) + ++ +++ (+) (+) ++
Mentougou, Beijing (+) ± (+) (+) + ++ +++ ± (+) ++
Shenyang, Liaoning ++ + (+) (+) + ± (+) ± (+) ++ +
A. koreana Qianshan Mountain, Liaoning ++ (+) (+) + + + + (+) (+) +++ (+) (+)

GC percentage content: < 1(trace), ±; 1~5(microscale), (+); 5–10, +; 10–20, ++; 20–30, +++; 30–40, ++++; 40–50, +++++. Examples of chemical constituents of Chinese Atractylodes. I.elemol; II. β-selinene; III. atractylon; IV. Hinesol; V. β-eudesmol; VI. selina-4(14),7(11)diene-8-one; VII. Atractylodin; VIII. butenolide A.