Application and prospect of biotechnology in research and development for medicinal plant
10.7501/j.issn.0253-2670.2015.16.001
- Author:
Xin HUANG
1
Author Information
1. College of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Biotechnology;
Classification and determination;
Medicinal plants;
Secondary metabolic engineering;
Synthetic biology
- From:
Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs
2015;46(16):2343-2354
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Problems, being faced in medicinal plant research and development, are unclear drug substance, uncontrollable quality, exhausted resources, and so on. Biotechnology is a technology that increases the output and improves the quality of biological products through biological science and engineering technology, so as to meet the human's growing demand. Biotechnology as an integration of life sciences, modern scientific theories, and research methods of high and new technology, has broad application prospects in the field of medicinal plant resources. This paper reviewed the biotechnology applications about development and protection of the medicinal plant resources, the improvement and promotion of medicinal plant varieties, and the industrialization production of the natural medicinal materials, for the purpose that it can provide some references for the further research and development of medicinal plants.
