Talk:Siraitia grosvenorii

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[edit] Pekinensis' work

Very nice edits, Pekinensis. However, I think the desciption of "guo" (Chinese term for melon-type fruits?) which was removed should probably stay. A "sucker" is a (mainly U.S.?) slang term for a lollipop or similar wrapped hard candy. Badagnani 20:34, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. With regards to "guo" (果), I believe it is more general than that; are you possibly thinking of "gua" (瓜)? With regards to "suckers", the funny thing is that I grew up calling them that ("lollipop" being more of a book or television word), but somehow still failed to understand. Your generalization to candy makes more sense anyway. — Pekinensis 21:10, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I was thinking of "gua." So the reference to "guo" meaning pumpkin is incorrect? Badagnani 21:17, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I believe so. Pingguo is apple, kaixin guo is pistachio, shuiguo is fruit in general, tangguo is candy, and so on.

Tangguo = "sugar fruit"? Great name. My favorite is "tanghulu," but it seems to be totally unavailable in North America. Badagnani 21:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

I figured you didn't know "suckers" because you were from Beijing. But I guess that's just your Wikipedia name, because your level of Chinese would be higher than "2" if you were really from there.  :) In botany, anyway, "sucker" usually means some kind of offshoot of a plant. Badagnani 21:18, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I think my brain was in botany mode. :) — Pekinensis 21:30, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citations

Most of this article was translated from the German article. Unfortunately, it does not provide many sources, either. This article is full of information and needs sources. I marked some of the guiltiest sections, but most of the article is at least partially guilty.

I tried looking up "Siraitia grosvenorii" and "Luo han guo" in the NEJM but got no results. Cholerashot 22:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I don't think they deal much with herbal medicines. Pubmed has 10 hits for Siraitia. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=search&DB=pubmed Badagnani 22:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll look those over and see what we can reference in here. Cholerashot 18:03, 29 August 2006 (UTC)