The handsome goldenrod,Solidago as wound-healing herb,Virga aurea or the beautiful golden yellow flowers,Herba Solidaginis,solidare,vulnerary and Woundwort.

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Research and Difference:Goldenrod.

Goldenrod Herb Extract INCI Name Solidago Virgaurea Extract CAS 85117-06-2 EINECS ELINCS No 285-559-0 photo picture image European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea L.) is a perennial plant native to Europe that has spread throughout Europe, northern Africa, North America and parts of Asia. Early goldenrod (S. gigantea Aiton) and Canadian goldenrod (S. canadensis L.) are native in North America. Early goldenrod is now naturalized in Europe, where it was introduced as an ornamental plant that later escaped cultivation (Wichtl, 1996; Wichtl and Bisset, 1994). The material of commerce is collected mainly from the wild in southeast and eastern European countries, including Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and the former Yugoslavia (BHP, 1996; Wichtl, 1996; Wichtl and Bisset, 1994). In commerce, early goldenrod is often substituted for European goldenrod though they can be differentiated anatomically, chemically, and morphologically (Wichtl, 1996). The genus name Solidago is derived from soldare, meaning "to make whole," because it was used as a vulnerary drug (Grieve, 1979).

 Pharmacopeial grade European goldenrod herb consists of the dried flowering tops of S. virgaurea L., collected during the flowering period, in whole or cut dried forms. It may contain no more than 5% brownish discolored fragments and maximum 2% other foreign matter. Botanical identity must be confirmed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), macroscopic and microscopic examinations, and organoleptic evaluations (DAB, 1997). The German Standard License monograph requires not less than 1.5% flavonoids, calculated as rutoside with reference to the dried drug (Braun et al., 1997). The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia requires that it contain not less than 11% water-soluble extractive (BHP, 1996).

 Pharmacopeial grade early goldenrod herb and/or Canadian goldenrod herb consists of the dried flowering tops of S. gigantea Ait. (early), S. canadensis L. (Canadian), and its hybrids or mixtures of these species, collected during the flowering period, in whole or cut dried forms. It must contain not less than 2.5% flavonoids calculated as hyperoside, with reference to the dried drug. It may contain no more than 5% discolored fragments and maximum 2% other foreign matter. Botanical identity must be confirmed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC), macroscopic and microscopic examinations, and organoleptic evaluations (DAB, 1997). For early goldenrod herb, the German Standard License monograph requires not less than 6.0% flavonoids calculated as rutin with reference to the dried drug (Braun et al., 1997; Wichtl and Bisset, 1994).

 Pharmacopeial grade goldenrod herb of China consists of the dried Aerial parts of Solidago decurrens Lour,15~70cm high, grow at grassland,road side, spread at east, middle south and south west part of china,dried at autumn, mainly contain rutin;kaemferol-3-3rutinoside;leiocarposide;benzyl-2,6-dimethoxybenzoate;3,5-dimethoxy-4-acetoxycinnamyl angelate; matricaria ester,etc.

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