In vitro culture and cultivation of Chinese medicinal plants for industrial utilization and genetic resource conservation

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenyuan Gao ◽  
Wei Jia ◽  
Xianfu Gao ◽  
Renfeng Wang ◽  
Peigen Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Taxus Chinensis ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Good Agricultural Practice ◽  
Culture Technology

In China, medicinal plants enjoy an inherent and prominent role in the general health service. Due to excessive collection in the wild of rare and endangered plants, the natural resources of medicinal plants are depleting fast. In order to protect the medicinal plant resources, the Chinese government has implemented Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) programmes to cultivate the main popular medicinal plants in China. Thus far, around 800 GAP cultivation bases have been established nationwide and the total cultivation area of medicinal plants has reached 5000 km2. Besides GAP cultivation of medicinal plants, tissue cultural biotechnology has been applied to serve as an alternative for the supply of medicinal plant materials in China. Thus far, shoot production by tissue culture technology has been successful in medicinal plants such as Anoectochilus formosanus, Dalbergia odorifera, Dendrobium, Momordica grosvenorii, Pseudostellaria heterophylla and Taxus chinensis. In addition, the cell culture of Lithospermum erythrorhizon and Saussurea involucrata has been industrialized in 300–20,000-litre bioreactors. Besides the production of shoot and cell culture in bioreactors, tissue culture technology is also being practised for the conservation of rare medicinal plants.

scholarly journals Use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa

2001 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Van der Merwe ◽  
G.E. Swan ◽  
C.J. Botha
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Oral Dosing ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Fresh Material ◽  
Gastrointestinal Problems ◽  
North West Province

Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) methods were employed to document the use of ethnoveterinary medicinal plants in cattle by Setswana-speaking people in the Madikwe area of the North West Province of South Africa. The study indicated that Setswana-speaking people in the North West Province have a rich heritage of ethnoveterinary knowledge, which includes all aspects of ethnoveterinary medicinal plant use. Information was gathered from informants through individual interviews, group interviews, guided field walks and observations. Ethnoveterinary uses in cattle of 45 plant species representing 24 families were recorded. Plants were used in 84 % of the total number of recorded ethnoveterinary remedies. These plants were used alone (64 %) or in mixtures (36 %) for 29 indications. The most important indications were retained placenta, diarrhoea, gallsickness, fractures, eye inflammation, general ailments, fertility enhancement, general gastrointestinal problems, heartwater, internal parasites, coughing, redwater and reduction of tick burden. Plant materials were prepared in various ways including infusion, decoction, ground fresh material, sap expressed from fresh material, charred and dried. The most common dosage formwas a liquid for oral dosing. Other dosage forms included drops, licks, ointments, lotions and powders. Liquid remedies for oral dosing were always administered using a bottle. Medicinal plant material was preferably stored in a dried form in a cool place out of direct sunlight and wind. Lack of transfer of ethnoveterinary knowledge to younger generations puts this knowledge at risk. RRA was found to be a successful method of investigation for the study of ethnoveterinary medicine.

scholarly journals Partnership expansion between farmers and the herbal medicine industry for community economic development

2021 ◽  
Vol 306 ◽  
pp. 02006
Author(s):  
Mulyono Daru
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicine ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Good Agricultural Practice ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

The objectives of the research is to increase productivity and quality of medicinal plant so it will develop the economic community. The research is an analytical descriptive research with the information and primary data was gathered through various methods such as audience with key informant and discussion. Secondary data was gathered through scientific publication review. The world demand for herbal medicine continues to increase sharply especially with the spread of Covid-19 outbreak around the world. However, until now the development of medicinal plant cultivation in Indonesia have not developed properly. Results of the research indicate that through the partnership, the herbal medicine industry will provide several facilities to farmers in obtaining access to cultivation technology, capital, seeds, fertilizers, including counseling. Because of the facilities, farmers can cultivate according to Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) principles so that the productivity and quality of medicinal plants increased. In order to achieve success of the partnership, the government should provide policies to support synergistic partnership between medicinal plant farmer and Herbal Medicine Industry. Through the partnership is expected that the upstream and downstream sides will gain benefits so it will occur sustainable synergy and lead to support government programs in empowerment of economic community.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF ANTHROPOGENIC AND NATURAL FACTORS ON THE CONTENT OF POLLUTANT METALS IN MEDICINAL PLANTS OF THE MIDDLE PRE-URAL REGION (ZAKURYE ISLAND IN CHUSOVOY)

2020 ◽  
pp. 152-165
Author(s):  
Alexander D. Solovyev ◽  
◽  
Marina G. Shcherban ◽  
Maria D. Plotnikova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
World Health ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
River Bank ◽  
Deep Layers ◽  
Health Organization

According to the estimates of the World Health Organization, the share of medications based on medicinal plant materials is increasing from year to year. Along with industrial drugs, the population widely uses medicinal plants harvested on their own. However, medicinal plants growing in unfavorable environmental conditions can cause serious harm to health. Thus, it is necessary not only to control raw materials but also to study the areas where harvested medicinal plants grow, which in most cases are located in the immediate vicinity of industrial facilities. The purpose of this work was a comprehensive study of the ecological state of Zakurye Island in the town of Chusovoy and its plant communities. When planning the research work, the study area was zoned in accordance with the distance from the alleged source of pollution. In the process of work, we used standard methods of preparation and drying of medicinal plant materials, sampling of soil and water. Chemical analysis was carried out with the use of generally accepted and approved methods. A conclusion is made about a significant degree of pollution with pollutant metals of the surface and deep layers of the Chusovaya River, as well as of soil and medicinal plants near Zakurye Island. Most likely, environmental pollution is associated with poorly maintained dumps of blast-furnace slag from the Chusovoy Metallurgical Plant, located along the river bank.

scholarly journals Conservation of biodiversity of highly important medicinal plants of India through tissue culture technology- A review

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 827-833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudhir Sharma ◽  
Neelima Rathi ◽  
Barkha Kamal ◽  
Dipika Pundir ◽  
Baljinder Kaur ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Culture Technology ◽  
Conservation Of Biodiversity

Bioinformatics-assisted, integrated omics studies on medicinal plants

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1857-1874
Author(s):  
Xiaoxia Ma ◽  
Yijun Meng ◽  
Pu Wang ◽  
Zhonghai Tang ◽  
Huizhong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Metabolic Pathways ◽  
Regulatory Networks ◽  
Omics Data ◽  
Protein Protein Interactions ◽  
Transcriptional Regulatory Networks ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Integrated Omics

Abstract The immense therapeutic and economic values of medicinal plants have attracted increasing attention from the worldwide researchers. It has been recognized that production of the authentic and high-quality herbal drugs became the prerequisite for maintaining the healthy development of the traditional medicine industry. To this end, intensive research efforts have been devoted to the basic studies, in order to pave a way for standardized authentication of the plant materials, and bioengineering of the metabolic pathways in the medicinal plants. In this paper, the recent advances of omics studies on the medicinal plants were summarized from several aspects, including phenomics and taxonomics, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics. We proposed a multi-omics data-based workflow for medicinal plant research. It was emphasized that integration of the omics data was important for plant authentication and mechanistic studies on plant metabolism. Additionally, the computational tools for proper storage, efficient processing and high-throughput analyses of the omics data have been introduced into the workflow. According to the workflow, authentication of the medicinal plant materials should not only be performed at the phenomics level but also be implemented by genomic and metabolomic marker-based examination. On the other hand, functional genomics studies, transcriptional regulatory networks and protein–protein interactions will contribute greatly for deciphering the secondary metabolic pathways. Finally, we hope that our work could inspire further efforts on the bioinformatics-assisted, integrated omics studies on the medicinal plants.

scholarly journals Application of HPTLC Multiwavelength Imaging and Color Scale Fingerprinting Approach Combined with Multivariate Chemometric Methods for Medicinal Plant Clustering According to Their Species

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (23) ◽  
pp. 7225
Author(s):  
Simona Codruța Aurora Cobzac ◽  
Neli Kinga Olah ◽  
Dorina Casoni
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Hierarchical Cluster ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Chemometric Methods ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Color Scale ◽  
Medicinal Plant Extracts ◽  
Geographical Regions

In the current study, multiwavelength detection combined with color scales HPTLC fingerprinting procedure and chemometric approach were applied for direct clustering of a set of medicinal plants with different geographical growing areas. The fingerprints profiles of the hydroalcoholic extracts obtained after single and double development and detection under 254 nm and 365 nm, before and after selective spraying with specific derivatization reagents were evaluated by chemometric approaches. Principal component analysis (PCA) with factor analysis (FA) methods were used to reveal the contribution of red (R), green (G), blue (B) and, respectively, gray (K) color scale fingerprints to HPTLC classification of the analyzed samples. Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) was used to classify the medicinal plants based on measure of similarity of color scale fingerprint patterns. The 1-Pearson distance measurement with Ward’s amalgamation procedure proved to be the most convenient approach for the correct clustering of samples. Data from color scale fingerprints obtained for double development procedure and multiple visualization modes combined with appropriate chemometric methods proved to detect the similar medicinal plant extracts even though they are from different geographical regions, have different storage conditions and no specific markers are individually extracted. This approach could be proposed as a promising tool for authentication and identification studies of plant materials based on HPTLC fingerprinting analysis.

scholarly journals Ethnobotanical Study of Cultivated Plants in Kaišiadorys District, Lithuania: Possible Trends for New Herbal Based Medicines

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zivile Pranskuniene ◽  
Kristina Ratkeviciute ◽  
Zenona Simaitiene ◽  
Andrius Pranskunas ◽  
Jurga Bernatoniene
Keyword(s):  
Medicinal Plants ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Cultivated Plants ◽  
Ethnobotanical Study ◽  
Artemisia Absinthium ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Background. Despite the growing body of ethnobotanical studies in Europe, publications are scarce in Lithuania. Ethnobotanical study in Kaišiadorys district is one of the few from this field done in Lithuania. Lithuania is divided into five ethnographic regions, and Kaišiadorys district is an area which borders with the three of them (Aukštaitija, Dzūkija, and Suvalkija), which determines the ethnographic distinctiveness of the area. The aim of this study was to determine the occurrence of cultivated medicinal plants, their families and pharmaceutical forms used in Kaišiadorys district, Lithuania, and to assess the conformity of medicinal plant materials used by respondents with the recommendations for medicinal plant materials in the World Health Organization monographs. Methods. The field work was conducted in periods of time from July 2016 to October 2017. During this ethnobotanical research, 30 people were interviewed, 25 of whom agreed to communicate. The average age of respondents was 65 years. Information was collected using semistructured and structured interviews. The obtained information was recorded indicating ethnic names of plants, their preparation techniques, parts used, modes of administration, and application for therapeutic purposes. Results. Respondents mentioned 71 species of cultivated medicinal plants from 38 families, used for therapeutic purposes and indicated which parts of the plant they use, how they prepare them, indications for use, and ways of administration. The most commonly cited families were Asteraceae (20.5%), Lamiaceae (13.9%), and Apiaceae (12.8%); most popular plants, cited more than 20 times, were Tilia cordata L., Matricaria recutita L., Calendula officinalis L., Carum carvi L., and Artemisia absinthium L. The frequently used plant parts were flowers (mentioned 35.8%), leaves (16.3%), roots and tubers (16.1%), herb (14.8%), and seeds (7.0%). Diseases most frequently treated were digestive (21.5% of citations), respiratory (21.3 % of citations), mental and behavioral (11.0%) disorders, certain infections and parasitic diseases (10.1%), and diseases of genitourinary system (9.1%). Conclusions. Only 19 of the cultivated medicinal plant species mentioned by interviewed persons are described in the World Health Organization monographs. This means that the remaining 52 species are used without the World Health Organization approved medical indications, based solely on the folk medicine knowledge and experience. This study showed that the folk use of plants is strongly rooted in daily practice in the studied area.

Tissue culture studies on Semecarpus kathalekanensis an endangered medicinal plant

Planta Medica ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 77 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
PJ Hurakadle ◽  
MK Parashetti ◽  
SR Pai
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Medicinal Plant ◽  
Culture Studies ◽  
Endangered Medicinal Plant
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