Effects of Different Germplasms and Production Environments on the Medicinal Material Quality of Acanthopanax senticosus
不同产地种质和环境对刺五加药材质量影响的研究

This work aimed to explore the effect of different germplasms and production environments on the medicinal material quality of Acanthopanax senticosus. Acanthopanax senticosus seedlings originated from 26 populations grown in 11 different production zones of Northeast China were cultivated in the same place, while the same seedlings were cultivated in 11 different growing areas. The HPLC method was used for determining the eleutheroside B and eleutheroside E contents in roots and stems. The germplasms of different populations had greater impact on the quality of crude drugs than the production environment. The environment of different production zones influenced the quality of crude drugs because of the edge effect of origins. Taken together, cultivation of Acanthopanax senticosus in the northern part of Heilongjiang and Liaoning provinces may improve the quality of this medicinal herb.