Comparative Identification of Angelicae Pubescentis Radix and Its Adulterants-Roots of Heracleum Hemsleyanum Diels and Roots of Heracleum Moellendorffii Hance

OBJECTIVE To identify Angelicae Pubescentis Radix and its adulterants-roots of Heracleum hemsleyanum Diels and roots of Heracleum moellendorffii Hance. METHODS Description, microscope, TLC and HPLC were used. RESULTS There were some differences between Angelicae Pubescentis Radix and its adulterants-roots of Heracleum hemsleyanum Diels and roots of Heracleum moellendorffii Hance in histological, morphological characters and physicochemical Properties. CONCLUSION This experiment provides the method for identification which can accurately distinguish Angelicae pubescentis Radix and its adulterants-roots of Heracleum hemsleyanum Diels and roots of Heracleum moellendorffii Hance.