Studies on tissue culture of Chinese medicinal plant resources in Taiwan and their sustainable utilization
Journal
Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica
Journal Volume
44
Journal Issue
2
Start Page
79
End Page
88
ISSN
0006-8063
Date Issued
2003-04
Date
2003-04
Author(s)
Satish M. Nalawade
Abhay P. Sagare
Chen-Yue Lee
Chao-Lin Kao
Hsin-Sheng Tsay
Abstract
Medicinal plants are sources of important therapeutic aid for alleviating human ailments. With increasing realization of the health hazards and toxicity associated with the indiscriminate use of synthetic drugs and antibiotics, interest in the use of plants and plant-based drugs has revived throughout the world. However, a large number of medicinal plants remain to be investigated for their possible pharmacological value. Most of the pharmaceutical industry is highly dependent on wild populations for the supply of raw materials for extraction of medicinally important compounds. Due to a lack of proper cultivation practices, destruction of plant habitats, and the illegal and indiscriminate collection of plants from these habitats, many medicinal plants are severely threatened. Advanced biotechnological methods of culturing plant cells and tissues should provide new means of conserving and rapidly propagating valuable, rare, and endangered medicinal plants. This paper describes the work carried out at the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute and Chaoyang University of Technology on in vitro propagation of some important medicinal plants.
Subjects
Adenophora triphylla
Angelica sinensis
Anoectochilus formosanus
Bupleurum falcatum
Corydalis yanhusuo
Dendrobium linawianum
Fritillaria hupehensis
Gentiana davidii
Limonium wrightii
Medicinal plants
Pinellia ternata
Scrophularia yoshimurae
Zingiber zerumbet
SDGs
Publisher
Institute of Botany, Academia Sinica
Type
review