World Science and Technology-Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2016;18(7):1182-1187

doi:10.11842/wst.2016.07.017

Impacts of Different Host Trees on the Quality of Taxillus Chinensis

Hui ZHANG ; Feiying HUANG ; Benwei SU ; Kaixin ZHU ; Hailin LU ; Shenggao YIN ; Min GUO ; Yonghua LI

Keywords

Taxillus chinensis; host tree; quality of medicinal materials; impact; quality control

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Taxillus chinensis,belonging to hemiparasitic herbal medicine and featuring its wild host range,is used for relief from rheumatic conditions,reinforcement of liver and kidney,strengthening of tendon and bone,and prevention of abortion.It showed that host trees presented significant impacts on the quality of Taxillus chinensis in the modern researches.In this study,both domestic and foreign published articles over Taxillus chinensis from various host trees were reviewed to summarized its herbalogy,chemical constituents,toxicity,and pharmacological action.In regard to the influences on the quality of medicinal materials,ideas and references for the quality control of Taxillus chinensis were provided by analyzing the quality of Taxillus chinensis impacted by hosts.