wu mei
The variety that has green calyx is called lu e mei, literally means plum with green calyx.
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Cantonese Pronunciation: mooi
Other name: wu mei, literally black prune. The fruit are collected before they are ripe and smoked to make into wu mei.
Where grown: Originated in China. Produced in Sichuan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Gizhou. Those produced in Changxin od Zhejiang are deemed best.
Pharmaceutical name: Fructus Pruni Mume
Latin botanical name: Prunus mume Sieb. et Zucc
Common Name: plum, prune (dried plum)
Characteristics and channel (meridian) relation: related to large intestine, liver, lung, spleen channels. Sour. Warm.
Chemical ingredients:
Vaporizing ingredient: n-hexanal, trans-2-hexenal, n-hexanol, trans-2-hexen-1-ol, cis-2-hexen-1-ol, linalool, a-terpineol, geraniol, trimethyltetrahydronaphthalene drivs, tetradecanoic acid, benzaldehyde, terpinen-4-ol, benzylalcohol, hexandecanoic acid (1). b-sitosterol.
Lipids: neutral lipids, gycolipids, phospholipids, triglycerides, free sterols, sterol esters, 1, 2; 1,2 -glycerides, free fatty acid, ceryl alcohol, pectic acid.
Simple acids: citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid(5-7), oxalic acid, fumaric acid (2), hydrocyanic acid.
Amino acid: aspartic acid, asparagine, serine, glycine, alanine, glycinamide.
Others: lup-20-(29)-ene, 7b, 15a-diol-3b-palmitate, stearate, arahidate, behenate, lignocerate (7); rhamnocitrin-3-O-rhamnoside, kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside, quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside (7) ; amygdalin, b-glucosidase (3), superoxide dismutase(9), gibberellin A32 .
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Last update: 12/20/99