Advance in Modern Research and Development ofZiziphus Jujuba

VernacularTitle:大枣现代研究开发进展与展望
Author: Xi CHEN ; Yujie LI ; Qing YANG ; Ying CHEN ; Yajie WANG ; Xiaogang WENG ; Qi LI ; Xiaoxin ZHU ; Xincai WANG
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Ziziphus jujuba; resource; chemical component; pharmacological effect; development
From: World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2015;17(3):687-691
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: The fruit of Ziziphus jujuba was known as fine quality in the Shennong's Herbal. It is sweet in taste and mild in property with the effect of regulating the middle, invigorating the spleen, assisting twelve meridians, harmonizing stomach-qi, unclogging nine orifices, and moderating hundreds of herbs. In recent years, the efficacies of Ziziphus jujuba have been widely studied with considerable meaningful achievements. In this article, main research progresses in recent ten years were reviewed, which included resources, chemical components and pharmacological effects of Ziziphus jujuba. The research and development of medication, health care product and food with Ziziphus jujuba as its main ingredient were summarized for further references in related studies.