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Panax L. is a small genus of the family Arliaceae. Nearly all species in the genus Panax such as American ginseng (P. quinquefolius L.), Asian ginseng (P. ginseng C.A. Meyer), and Sanqi (P. notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen) are important herbal medicines. The roots of Sanqi are used as medicine and dietary supplement purposes. The shape of the root is conical, fusiform or like an irregular block, it is 1.5–5 cm long and 1.2–2 cm in diameter. The surface is greyish yellow or brown-black, with a waxy luster, irregular fine thread and transverse long lenticels. There are several knotty rootlets on the upper side and a residual rootstalk in top end. The root is solid, and the cortex and xylem separate when smashed, showing white or yellow-brown color inside and small brown dots in the cortex.
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Zhao, Y. (2015). Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen 三七 (Sanqi, Notoginseng). In: Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, J. (eds) Dietary Chinese Herbs. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1_20
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