Forsythia suspensa Fruit

DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried fruit of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl. (Family Oleaceae). It contains NLT 2.4% of total lignans and phenylethanoids calculated as the sum of forsythiaside, lariciresinol, phillyrin, pinoresinol, and phillygenin on the dried basis.

SYNONYMS

Forsythia fortunei Lindl.

Forsythia giraldiana f. pubesces (Rehder) C.C.Niu

Forsythia sieboldii (Zabel) Dippel

Forsythia suspensa f. atrocaulis Rehder

Forsythia suspensa f. aureovariegata Koehne

Forsythia suspensa f. decipiens Koehne

Forsythia suspensa var. fortunei (Lindl.) Rehder

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