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Magnolia Flower
Magnolia Flower
辛夷
Market name:辛夷
Photo location:Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med.
TMPW No.:15410
Magnolia kobus
Plant name:Magnolia kobus
Photo date:1995
Photographer:H. Fushimi

Synonym  
Latin name Magnoliae Flos
Botanical source: Family name Magnoliaceae
Botanical source: Plant name - Magnolia biondii Pampanini (IPNI:554647-1)
- Magnolia heptapeta Dandy (IPNI:554733-1)
- Magnolia sprengeri Pampanini (IPNI:554854-1)
- Magnolia salicifolia Maximowicz (IPNI:554831-1)
- Magnolia kobus De Candolle (IPNI:332100-2)
Part used Flower bud
Empirical criteria for quality selection Good one is fat, dense and has much moisture. (TN)
Constituents Monoterpenoids:
1,8-Cineol, α-Pinene, Citral;
[M. salicifolia grown in Kyusyu region]: Camphor, Limonene;
[M. salicifolia grown in Kanto and Tohoku region, Akita and Niigata Pref.]: Camphor

Phenylpropanoids:
Asarone, Euasarone, Asarylaldehyde, Methylchavicol, Eugenol;
[M. salicifolia grown in Kanto and Tohoku region]: Safrole;
[M. salicifolia grown in western Tohoku region, Akita and Niigata Pref.]: Methyleugenol

Lignans & Neolignans:
Magnosalin;
[M. salicifolia]: Magnosalin, Magnoshinin

Alkaloids:
d-Coclaurine, l-N-Methylcoclaurine, d-Reticuline, Yuzirine
Pharmacological effects Antibacterial (pathogenic cutaneous Trichophyton) and antiallergy
Indications As tranquilizer and painkiller, it is used to treat rhinitis and empyema.
Diseases Headache, Nasal obstruction, Pituita, Sinusitis
Formulas kakkontokasenkyushin'i , saikatsutokasenkyushin'i , shin'iseihaito , reitakutsukitokashin'i
Meridian tropism Lung, Stomach
Property Neutral
Flavor Acrid/pungent
Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" Superior
TCM: Classification Diaphoretics
TCM: Medicinal effects To disperse wind-cold, relieve the stuffy nose.
Used for wind-cold headache, nasal congestion, nasal discharge, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis.
Remarks Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed.
References TN: T. Namba & Y. Tsuda ed., Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, 3rd ed., Nankodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 1998.
DNA sequences of medicinal plants
Gene Region
Nuclear Chloroplast Mitochondria
Botanical source: Plant name 5Ss 18S ITS1 5.8S ITS2 26S others trnH-psbA matK trnK trnK-rps16 trnT-L trnL trnL-F rbcL rpoC1 ndhF others
Magnolia kobus De Candolle (IPNI:332100-2)
GAI1
 EU849764
Leafy
 EU849863
PHYA
 EU849964
5S rRNA
 X16976
atpB-rbcL
 AB021068
ORF350
 AY008862
Magnolia biondii Pampanini (IPNI:554647-1)
atpB-rbcL
 AY008956
Magnolia sprengeri Pampanini (IPNI:554854-1)
GAI1
 EU849725
 EU849779
Leafy
 EU849825
 EU849878
PHYA
 EU849925
 EU849979
rps16
 EU221530
Magnolia heptapeta Dandy (IPNI:554733-1)
Magnolia salicifolia Maximowicz (IPNI:554831-1)
GAI1
 EU849770
Leafy
  EU849869
PHYA
  EU849970
rps16
 AB237245
 AB237246
rpl16
  AB237249
trnG
  AB237250
 AB237251
atpB-rbcL
  AB237255
 AB237256
 AB021069
accD-psaI
  AB237257
trnS-trnG
  AB237258
trnW-trnP
  AB237252
petB
  AB237253
petD-rpoA
  AB237254
 

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