ISHS Acta Horticulturae 501: II WOCMAP Congress Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Part 2: Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, Phytomedicine, Toxicology
MORPHOANATOMICAL CHARACTERS OF AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM L. BARK, FRUIT AND LEAVES |
| Authors: | O.A. Di Sapio, S.J. Gattuso, M.A. Gattuso |
| Keywords: | Aesculus hippocastanum, Horse chestnut, Micrographic analysis |
| Abstract:
The morphoanatomic features with diagnostic value for the identification of Aesculus hippocastanum L. as a crude drug have been examined. Qualitative and quantitative data and the distinctive parameters obtained from the bark, fruit, seed and leaves micrographic analysis provide a sure margin for the correct botanical identification of the species. | |
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