| Family | Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae) |
| Scientific name | Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffmann |
| Synonyms | Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffmann subsp. aemula (Woronow) Kitamura; Anthriscus aemula auct., non (Woronow) Schischkin; Anthriscus yunnanensis W. W. Smith; Chaerefolium sylvestre (L.) Schinz & Thellung; Chaerophyllum sylvestre L.; Myrrhis chaerophylloides Hance; Oreochorte yunnanensis (W. W. Smith) Koso-Poljansky |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) shaku (シャク, 杓 [meaning of shaku is not clear]), ko-shaku (コシャク, 小杓 [small shaku]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Eastern Europe | |
| Habitat | (Hokkaido) forest, field; (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu) mountain |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16 |
| Description | Plants electing 70-140cm tall. Flowers white, flowering in May to June. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. |
| Anthriscus sylvestris (Linnaeus) Hoffmann | |
| Use of hederagenin 3-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl((1->2)-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl(1->4)]-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside or an extract from Pulsatillae radix containing the same as a therapeutic agent for solid tumors (European Patent EP1388542/2007) | |
| Syntheses of podophyllotoxin from desoxypodophyllotoxin (WIPO Patent WO/2004/099216) | |
| Medicine/food composition (Japanese Patent JP10158187/1998) |
| May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
| May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
| May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
| May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |
May 2008 at Hokkaido University Botanical Garden |