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Table 2 The 18 components of the traditional Chinese medicine

From: Evidence of ERalpha and ERbeta selectivity and partial estrogen agonism in traditional Chinese medicine

Botanical, zoological or pharmaceutical name

Pinyin transliteration

Amount in medicine (grams)

Identification code

Polygonatum sibiricum Redoute

huang jing

5

A

Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge

huang qi

5

B

Drynaria fortunei (Kunz) J. Sm

gu sui bu

5

C

Boswellia carterii Birdw.

ru xiang

5

D

Cervus nippon Temmiinck

lu rong

5

E

Gallus gallus domesticus Brisson

ji nei jin

5

F

Morinda officinalis How

bai ji li

5

G

Ophiopogon japonicus Ker-Gawl

mai men dong

5

H

Commiphora myrrha Engl.

mo yao

5

I

Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch

shu di

5

J

Dioscorea opposita Thunb.

shan yao

6

K

Cornus officinalis Sieb. et Zucc.

shan zhu yu

5

L

Bupleurum chinense D.C.

chai hu

4

M

Alisma plantago-aquatica L.var. orientale Samuels

ze xie

3

N

Massa Ferentata Medicinalis

shen qu

2

O

Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fischer

gan cao

10

P

Poria cocos (Schw.) Wolf

fu ling

5

Q

Citrus reticulata Blanco

chen pi

5

R

  1. Sixteen of the components are of plant origin and two of the components, lu rong (E) and ji nei jin (F) are of animal origin. Massa fermenta medicinalis (O) is a non-standardized mixture of a fermented preparation of wheat flour and bran and the fresh aerial parts of medicinal herbs that may include xanthium, apricot kernel, artemesia, polygonum, and phaseolus.