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Description of the drug: Interweaved silvery vascular bundles, mostly prolate cylindrical, somewhat curved, 30–70 cm long, 7–10 cm in diameter. Externally pale yellowish-white. Texture light, tenacious and springy, uneasily broken. 3 loculi visible, transverse section hollowed. Odour, slight; taste, weak.
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Wagner, H., Bauer, R., Melchart, D., Xiao, PG., Staudinger, A. (2015). Fructus Retinervus Luffae – Sigualuo . In: Wagner, H., Bauer, R., Melchart, D., Xiao, PG., Staudinger, A. (eds) Chromatographic Fingerprint Analysis of Herbal Medicines Volume III. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06047-7_15
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