Prunus davidiana

Background

Taorenni ÌÒÈÊÄà Chinese Name (pinyin): Taoren

Chinese Name  :

Common Name  :Peach Kernel

Specific Name  : Semen persicae

Scientific Name:
Collection  : The fruit is collected when ripe, the seed is removed from sarcocarp and shell (endocarp) and dried in the sun.

Description  : Seed of Prunus persicae: 1.2 - 1.8cm long. 0.8 - 1.2 wide, 0.2 - 0.4 cm thick. Externally yellowish brown to reddish brown with numerous granular protrudings. One end acute, expanded in the middle, the other end obtuse rounded and slightly oblique with relatively thin edge. A short linear hilum occurring by the acute and a relatively distinct and slightly dark chalaza at the round end with many longitudinal vascular bundles radiated from chalaza, testa thin , 2 cotyledons almost white and oily, odour weak and taste slightly bitter.Seed of prunus davidiana: Sub-ovoid, smaller but thicker, about 0.9 cm long, 0.7 cm wide and 0.5 cm thick.

Identification  : Powdered or isolated tissue of testa , Seed of Prunus persica: Stone cells yellowish brown, conchoidal, helmet shape or elliptic in lateral view, 54 - 153 µm high up to 180µm wide at the base with one sider, wall thicker and more densely striated than the other side, sub-rounded, rounded, polygonal or sub-square in surface view with large and dense pits in the cell bottom walls.Powdered testa of Seed of Prunus davidiana: Stone cells pale yellow, orange yellow or orange red, conchoidal, oblong, elliptic or stripe shape in lateral view, 81 - 198 - 279µm high about 128 (-198)µm wide, sub-rounded, sub-hexagonal, prolately polygonal or sub-square in surface view with smaller pits in unevenly thickened bottom walls.Foreign matter: Not more than 1% (Appendix 1X A)

Processing  : Eliminate foreign matters, break into pieces before use.Blanched in boiling water: Peel as described under the method for rinsing in boiling water (Appendix 11 D). Break to pieces before use.Stir fried: Stir fry the water rinsed Semen Persicae as described under the method for simple stir frying (Appendix 11 D) to yellow color. Break to pieces before use.

Action  : To promote blood circulation, to eliminate phlegm, an dto relax the bowels.

Indication  : amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, mass formation in the abdomen, traumatic injuries; constipation

Precautions  :

Dosage  : 4.5 to 9 g.

Storage  : Preserve in a ool and dry place, protected from moth.

Evidence or the Use of Prunus davidiana in the Treatment of Epilepesy

1st Five Results: pubmed search

EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Alan MacLeod, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A Navas-Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans-Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Lucia Zappalà, Francesco Di Serio, Pedro Gómez, Gregor Urek, Andrea Lucchi, Anna Vittoria Carluccio, Michela Chiumenti, Elena Fanelli, Umberto Bernardo, Cristina Marzachì, Giovanni Bubici, Spyridoula Dimitropoulou, Cristiana Do Vale Correia, Olaf Mosbach-Schulz, Agata Kaczmarek, Jonathan Yuen
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EFSA J: 2024, 22(3);e8647
[PubMed:38476321] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Galal I Eliwa, El-Refaey F El-Dengawy, Mohamed S Gawish, Mona M Yamany
Comprehensive study on in vitro propagation of some imported peach rootstocks: in vitro explant surface sterilization and bud proliferation.
Sci Rep: 2024, 14(1);5586
[PubMed:38454056] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Shuo Wang, Ning Jiang, Rong Ma
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J Fungi (Basel): 2024, 10(2);
[PubMed:38392811] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Yixiao Chen, Wenquan Bao, Dun Ao, Yue Bai, Haiguang Huang, Rong Yang, Lin Wang, Ta-Na Wuyun
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Data Brief: 2024, 53;110077
[PubMed:38328281] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Juan Hua, Jiayi Liu, Wei Zhou, Caihong Ma, Shihong Luo
A new perspective on plant defense against foliar gall-forming aphids through activation of the fruit abscission pathway.
Plant Physiol Biochem: 2023, 196;1046-1054
[PubMed:36907012] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)