Title |
Conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants: problems, progress, and prospects
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Published in |
Chinese Medicine, July 2016
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DOI | 10.1186/s13020-016-0108-7 |
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Authors |
Shi-Lin Chen, Hua Yu, Hong-Mei Luo, Qiong Wu, Chun-Fang Li, André Steinmetz |
Abstract |
Medicinal plants are globally valuable sources of herbal products, and they are disappearing at a high speed. This article reviews global trends, developments and prospects for the strategies and methodologies concerning the conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plant resources to provide a reliable reference for the conservation and sustainable use of medicinal plants. We emphasized that both conservation strategies (e.g. in situ and ex situ conservation and cultivation practices) and resource management (e.g. good agricultural practices and sustainable use solutions) should be adequately taken into account for the sustainable use of medicinal plant resources. We recommend that biotechnical approaches (e.g. tissue culture, micropropagation, synthetic seed technology, and molecular marker-based approaches) should be applied to improve yield and modify the potency of medicinal plants. |
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United States | 2 | 25% |
Australia | 1 | 13% |
Indonesia | 1 | 13% |
Canada | 1 | 13% |
Italy | 1 | 13% |
Mauritius | 1 | 13% |
Unknown | 1 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 7 | 88% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Kenya | 1 | <1% |
Mauritius | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 1154 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 143 | 12% |
Student > Master | 125 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 122 | 11% |
Researcher | 98 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 56 | 5% |
Other | 169 | 15% |
Unknown | 443 | 38% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 234 | 20% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 101 | 9% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 70 | 6% |
Environmental Science | 64 | 6% |
Chemistry | 43 | 4% |
Other | 168 | 15% |
Unknown | 476 | 41% |