Singh J, Lan V K, Trivedi V P
Amalgamated units, C. C. R. A. S., Tarikhet (Ranikhet) U. P, India.
Anc Sci Life. 1986 Oct;6(2):85-7.
Katphala or Kaiphala, botanically equated with plant Myrica esculenta Buch. - Ham., is an important bark drug of Indian systems of medicine. It is one of the plant species, which are under imminent danger of extinction from U. P. Himalayas. Since, no pharmacognostic study on this drug is on record, the present investigations has been undertaken. In this article, macroscopic and microscopic characters of the bark as such, including diagnostic characters of the drug in powder form have been presented.
卡特法拉或凯法拉，在植物学上等同于紫铆树（Myrica esculenta Buch. - Ham.），是印度医学体系中的一种重要树皮药物。它是来自北方邦喜马拉雅地区面临灭绝紧迫危险的植物物种之一。由于尚无关于这种药物的生药学研究记录，因此进行了本项研究。本文介绍了该树皮的宏观和微观特征，包括其粉末形式药物的鉴别特征。
