The discovery of Artemisia annua L. in the Shengjindian cemetery, Xinjiang, China and its implications for early uses of traditional Chinese herbal medicine qinghao

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 278-286

  Liu, Huan ^a,b   Tian, Xiaofei ^b   Zhang, Yongbing ^c   Wang, Changsui ^a,b   Jiang, Hongen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Academia Turfanica of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region   (China)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua L.; Odor suppressant; Plant remain; Shengjindian cemetery; Traditional Chinese herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PLANT DNA;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEREOMICROSCOPY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA; CEMETERIES; CHINA; DNA, PLANT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FLOWERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT STEMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

EID: 84874108106     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.12.044     Document Type: Article

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