1、 Pharmacopoeia standard of sweet melon seeds.
Sweet melon seed Tianguazi MELO SEMEN
This product is the dried and mature seed of Cucumis melo L., a Cucumis melo plant of Cucurbitaceae. The fruits are collected when they are ripe in summer and autumn, washed and dried in the sun. [properties] the product is flat and long oval, 5 ~ 9mm long and 2 ~ 4mm wide. The surface is yellowish white, light brownish red or brownish yellow, smooth and slightly shiny. One end is slightly pointed, and the other end is blunt. . The air is weak and the taste is light. [identification] the powder of this product is yellowish brown. The stone cells on the outer side of seed coat are yellowish green or nearly colorless, and are mostly elongated in rectangle, strip or irregular shape, with wavy walls or tumor like protrusions. The stone cells on the inner side of the seed coat are golden yellow, and the surface is quasi rectangular, with deep wavy walls. Stellate cells are irregular, with multiple short branched protrusions, about 25 μ m in diameter, slightly thick walls, and lignified. The cell surface of the seed coat is rectangular or irregular, the wall is wavy curved or short protrusions, and forms obvious circular cell gaps with adjacent cells. The pits are sparse, and some have reticular thickening. Cotyledon cells were vaguely powdery. The endosperm cell boundary is not obvious, with transverse stripes and dense staggered texture. . Decoction pieces [processing] remove impurities, wash, dry, and mash when used. [character], [identification], [inspection] are the same as medicinal materials. [nature, taste and meridian tropism] sweet, cold. . [functions and indications] it can clear lungs, moisten intestines, remove blood stasis, expel pus, heal wounds and relieve pain. It is used for lung heat cough, constipation, lung carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, falling injury, muscle and bone fracture. [usage and dosage] 9 ～ 30g. [storage] store in a ventilated and dry place to prevent mold and moth.
2、 Chemical constituents of sweet melon seeds. It contains about 27% fatty oil, including linoleic acid, oleic acidpalmitic acidGlycerides of stearic acid and myristic acid, lecithin and cholesterol. It also contains about 5.78% globulin and gluten, galactan, glucose, gum, resin, etc. 3、 Pharmacological effects of sweet melon seeds. The water, ethanol or ether extracts of whole seeds and peeled seeds and the seed fat oil all showed insect repellent effect on cats. In the in vitro test, Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia solium can be killed in 10 minutes to 1.5 hours at the concentration of 1:10, but the effect of ethanol and ether extract of peeled seeds on Taenia solium is particularly weak, and it can not be killed in 1.5 to 3 hours. At the same time, the water extract of the whole seed was tested in vivo on cats. At a dose of 1-4 g per kilogram of body weight, the effect of killing Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia solium was achieved. . The extract family of this plant inhibits mold.