Abstract：The contents of various elements in the fourth generation atractylodes macrocephala koidz cultivated by spaceflight breeding were analyzed and compared with those of the ground group on the whole jointly by XRF and PXRD. The results showed that the element Na and Ti could not be detected in the space group, and the levels of K and Mn were enhanced by 1.16 and 1.15 times as these elements were measured in ground group, but other elements’ contents declined to different degrees, and the most notable elements are Si and P, decreasing by 82.1% and 71.2% accordingly; there is some whewellite in the ground group, whereas much less is found in the space group, The ground group contains inulin, however none in the space group. Spaceflight breeding can harvest significantly mutated specific Chinese herbal medicines varieties. The combination of two testing techniques has a positive role in space breeding applied in cultivation of medicinal plants.
[1] LIU Lu-xiang(刘录祥). Aerospace China(中国航天), 2009，(10): 10. [2] YAN Shuo, GAO Wen-yuan, LU Fu-ping, et al(严 硕，高文远，路福平, 等). China J. Chin. Mater. Med.(中国中药杂志), 2010, 35(3)：387. [3] GAO Wen-yuan, JIA Wei, XIAO Pei-gen(高文远, 贾 伟，肖培根). China J. Chin. Mater. Med.(中国中药杂志), 2004, 29(7)：611. [4] LI Jin-gui, ZHU Kui, GU Wen-ying, et al(李金贵，朱 奎，顾文英，等). China J. Chin. Mater. Med.(中国中药杂志), 2008, 33(10)：1161. [5] GUO Xi-hua, GUAN Ying, YANG La-hu, et al(郭西华，关 颖，杨腊虎，等). Chin. J. Pharm. Anal.(药物分析杂志), 2008，28(12)：2100. [6] GUAN Ying, GUO Xi-hua, ZHU Yan-ying, et al(关 颖，郭西华，朱艳英，等). Chin J. Pharm. Anal.(药物分析杂志), 2010，30(7)：1182. [7] CAO Zhi-quan, SUN Zuo-min, SUN Ai-zhen(曹治权，孙作民，孙爱贞). The Elements and Traditional Chinese Medicine(微量元素与中医药). Beijing: The Traditional Chinese Medicine Publishing House of China(北京：中国中医药出版社), 1993. 138. [8] TANG Chang-fu(唐长馥). Shanghai J. Tradit. Chin. Med.(上海中医药杂志), 1991, (10): 1. [9] ZHU Hai-tao, CHEN Ji-yan, CHEN Li, et al(朱海涛，陈吉炎，陈 黎，等). Lishizhen Medicine and Materia Research(时珍国医国药), 2006, 17(6)：1019. [10] TAN Yun(谭 云). Bulletin of Biology(生物学通报), 2007, 42(10)：20.
