Plant Details

Accepted name:: Glehnia littoralis (A.Gray) F.Schmidt ex Miq. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Glehnia littoralis subsp. leiocarpa (Mathias) Hultén

Glehnia littoralis subsp. littoralis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beach silvertop	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bei sha shen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
beishashen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
bèishāshēn	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
coastal glehnia	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
coastal glehnia root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
glehnia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
glehnia root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
glehnia root and rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
glehniae radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
glehniae radix cum rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
northern glehnia root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
radix glehniae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shan hu cai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ハマボウフウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
北沙参	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
北沙參	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome, root	rhizome, root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root and rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cymopterus littoralis A.Gray Pacif. Railr. Rep. Stevens, Bot. 12(2): 62 (1860).
Phellopterus littoralis (A.Gray) F.Schmidt Reis. Amur-Land., Bot.: 138 (1868).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Glehnia littoralis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Glehnia littoralis (A.Gray) F.Schmidt ex Miq.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt ex Miq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidt ex Miquel	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Glehnia littoralis F. Schmidtex Miq.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Glehnia littoralis F.Schmidt ex Miq.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Glehnia littoralis Fr. Schm. ex Miq.	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Glehnia littoralis Fr. Schmidt ex Miq.	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Glehnia littoralis Fr. Schmidt ex Miquel	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Glehnia littoralis Fr.Schmidt ex Miquel	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Glehnia littoralis Schmaltz et Miquel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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