Characterization of Tibetan Medicine Zuota by Multiple Techniques
Zuota is regarded as the king of Tibetan medicine. However, due to the confidentiality of this precious medicine, the scientific characterization of Zuota is very scarce, which limits the pharmacology and biosafety studies of Zuota. Herein, we collected four different Zuota samples from Tibet, Qingh...
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| author | Xiao-Yan Zhao Mei Sun Jing-Xia Wang Yun-Zhang Xu Yuan Liu Zhi-Feng Zhang Lu-Yang Lu |
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| description | Zuota is regarded as the king of Tibetan medicine. However, due to the confidentiality of this precious medicine, the scientific characterization of Zuota is very scarce, which limits the pharmacology and biosafety studies of Zuota. Herein, we collected four different Zuota samples from Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan and characterized them by multiple techniques. Our results showed that Zuota was mainly an inorganic mixture of HgS, sulfur, and graphite. Morphologically, Zuota samples were composed of nanoparticles, which further aggregated into microsized particles. Chemically, the majorities of Zuota were S and Hg (in the forms of HgS and pure sulfur). All samples contained pure sulfur with orthorhombic crystalline. Zuota from Qinghai province had different HgS crystalline, namely, hexagonal crystalline. The others were all face-centered cubic crystalline. Carbon in Zuota NPs was in the form of graphite. The implication to future studies of Zuota was discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-73e0c3d42e064134ab4cc2d1bbd2d0432025-08-20T02:06:47ZengWileyBioinorganic Chemistry and Applications1565-36331687-479X2013-01-01201310.1155/2013/198545198545Characterization of Tibetan Medicine Zuota by Multiple TechniquesXiao-Yan Zhao0Mei Sun1Jing-Xia Wang2Yun-Zhang Xu3Yuan Liu4Zhi-Feng Zhang5Lu-Yang Lu6Institute of Ethnic Medicine, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, ChinaInstitute of Ethnic Medicine, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, ChinaInstitute of Ethnic Medicine, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, ChinaInstitute of Ethnic Medicine, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, ChinaInstitute of Ethnic Medicine, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, ChinaInstitute of Ethnic Medicine, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, ChinaInstitute of Ethnic Medicine, Southwest University for Nationalities, Chengdu 610041, ChinaZuota is regarded as the king of Tibetan medicine. However, due to the confidentiality of this precious medicine, the scientific characterization of Zuota is very scarce, which limits the pharmacology and biosafety studies of Zuota. Herein, we collected four different Zuota samples from Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan and characterized them by multiple techniques. Our results showed that Zuota was mainly an inorganic mixture of HgS, sulfur, and graphite. Morphologically, Zuota samples were composed of nanoparticles, which further aggregated into microsized particles. Chemically, the majorities of Zuota were S and Hg (in the forms of HgS and pure sulfur). All samples contained pure sulfur with orthorhombic crystalline. Zuota from Qinghai province had different HgS crystalline, namely, hexagonal crystalline. The others were all face-centered cubic crystalline. Carbon in Zuota NPs was in the form of graphite. The implication to future studies of Zuota was discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/198545 |
| spellingShingle | Xiao-Yan Zhao Mei Sun Jing-Xia Wang Yun-Zhang Xu Yuan Liu Zhi-Feng Zhang Lu-Yang Lu Characterization of Tibetan Medicine Zuota by Multiple Techniques Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications |
| title | Characterization of Tibetan Medicine Zuota by Multiple Techniques |
| title_full | Characterization of Tibetan Medicine Zuota by Multiple Techniques |
| title_fullStr | Characterization of Tibetan Medicine Zuota by Multiple Techniques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of Tibetan Medicine Zuota by Multiple Techniques |
| title_short | Characterization of Tibetan Medicine Zuota by Multiple Techniques |
| title_sort | characterization of tibetan medicine zuota by multiple techniques |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/198545 |
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