Status and future of natural resource for Chinese materia medica.
- Author:
Xiao-jing MA
;
Juan GUO
;
Jin-fu TANG
;
Xiao-hui MA
;
Ying MA
;
Zhu-bo DAI
;
Lan-ping GUO
;
Lu-qi HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Chemistry, Pharmaceutical;
Conservation of Natural Resources;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
chemistry;
pharmacology;
Humans;
Materia Medica;
chemistry;
pharmacology;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
trends
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2015;40(10):1887-1892
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
For thousands of years, the natural resource for Chinese materiamedica has been the foundation of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, which provides abundant medicine for human. In recent years, increasing demands and irrational exploitation led to a lot of problems such as rapid decrease of traditional Chinese herbs reserves, low quality of medicine and dismishing traditional cultures. These restricted the development of the traditional Chinese medicine. To solve these problems, scientists have done much work on investigating traditional Chinese medicine resources, exploring the metabolic pathway of bioactive ingredients, cultivating new varieties, and carrying out synthetic biology. These studies provided a theoretical basis for sustainable utilizationand future developmentof traditional Chinese medicine resources.
