西双版纳自然保护区药用植物资源介绍

西双版纳自然保护区药用植物资源介绍李湘萍（南京林业大学,南京２１００３７）地处祖国西南边陲的西双版纳,是我国的动植物王国：建立于１９５８年的西双版纳自然保护区生长着许多珍贵的热带、亚热带药用植物,特别是有有着丰富多彩的民族药和当前国内外市场紧缺的南药...     

福建省永春县木本药用植物资源调查

永春县地处中亚热带和南亚热带的过渡区域,自然条件优越,木本药用植物资源丰富。通过野外实地考察、标本采集、资料查阅整理及标本鉴定,初步查明,永春县境内有木本药用植物45科90属129种(含变种)。对其药用部位和功用作了简要介绍,对本地药用植物资源的保护和开发利用提出建议。     

52种热带药用植物抗烟草青枯菌的体外活性筛选

为寻找具有抗烟草青枯菌活性的热带药用植物,通过制备乙醇提取物,测定荔枝草、蜂巢草、光叶巴豆等52种热带药用植物对烟草青枯病菌的抑菌圈直径和最小抑菌浓度。结果表明：13种热带药用植物对烟草青枯菌具有抑制作用,其中酒饼簕、许树和光叶巴豆抑菌活性较强,样品浓度为100 mg/mL时抑菌圈直径分别为10.0、8.7、12.0 mm,最小抑菌浓度分别为1.56、3.31和3.31 mg/mL。     

中国姜科药用植物资源

中国姜科药用植物资源李叙申秦民坚（中国药科大学中药学院,南京２１００３８）姜科Ｚｉｎｇｉｂｅｒａｃｅａｅ全世界有５２属,１５００多种,分布于热带和亚热带地区,特别是亚州热带和亚热带较为集中。我国有２１属,２００多种。产西南部至东部,以广东、广西、云南...     

抗抑郁药用植物研究进展

近年来,虽然药用植物被用于临床治疗精神紊乱和行为异常等相关性疾病,如:抑郁、焦虑、癫痫、记忆力衰退、失眠、老年痴呆和药物中毒等,但是,有关药用植物抗抑郁作用的研究性报道较少,且不够系统。本综述主要归纳和总结了具有抗抑郁作用的药用植物及其活性提取物,包括药用植物粗提物和单体活性成分等天然产物,为充分开发利用我国药用植物资源以及民间传统用药提供科学依据,促进高效安全抑郁症治疗方法的研究。     

药用植物内生真菌研究进展

我国药用植物种类丰富,但受植物资源生长周期长、产量低等限制,难以满足人类的需要。而其内生真菌丰富多样,生长快,易培养,且可以产生与宿主相同或相似的天然活性物。利用内生真菌发酵生产抗菌、抗肿瘤等天然活性物质,不仅有望解决市面上部分药物供不应求的现状,还能有效地保护珍稀、濒危的药用植物资源。本文概述了药用植物内生真菌宿主植物的选择、内生真菌分离及其次级代谢产物分离纯化和活性研究,并对研究中存在的问题进行了讨论,以期为药用植物内生真菌研究提供方法和思路。     

永泰藤山自然保护区药用种子植物资源及区系分析

统计分析了永泰藤山省级自然保护区种子药用植物物种资源及其区系成分。藤山省级自然保护区有种子药用植物159科531属935种,分别占区内种子植物的84．1％、70．8％、53．9％,其区系成分复杂,科的区系成分以热带和泛热带成分比例最大;属的区系成分以热带成分占优势,热带性质较为明显,与本区的森林植物区系成分相近。同时提出保护区药用种子植物可持续利用与经营对策。     

西双版纳考察小记

<正> 为开拓会员眼界,柳州市植物学会和广西植物学会在暑假期间组织了一次赴西双版纳植物考察,参加人员有科研、园林绿化、中学教学等方面共11人。 云南是我国植物种类最多,成分最复杂的省分,有植物王国之称,西双版纳更是王国中的一块翡翠。从普文进入版纳,两旁的油棕,沿途的傣家竹楼和婀娜的傣族妇女,向我们展示了美丽的热带风光和异乡情调。在西双版纳,我们参观了西双版纳热带植物园,热带作物研究所和药用植物所等。热带植物园是由我国著名     

国家南药基因资源库(国家基本药物所需中药材种质资源库)

正资源库简介国家南药基因资源库(国家基本药物所需中药材种质资源库),是我国唯一的、收集保存顽拗性药用植物种质资源的国家级综合性种质资源库,位于海南省海口市国家高新区,由国家中医药管理局立项,依托中国医学科学院药用植物研究所海南分所建设和运行。国家南药基因资源库是在结合我国生态环境和中药资源特点的基础上,对我国南部热带和亚热带地区中药资源普查工作收     

中国马兜铃属植物的药用资源

马兜铃属(Aristolochia Linn. )隶属于马兜铃科(Aristolochiaceae),全世界有400多种,主产于热带和亚热带,我国有50多种,主产西南地区,其中大部分种类是常用中药和草药,还有些种类于产区民间入药。本文根据笔者过去三年中对我国马兜铃属植物的调查所得资料,选入27种国产马兜铃属药用植物,按有关内容整理而成,供本属药用植物的深入研究与开发利用方面参考(见表1)。     

西藏色季拉山药用种子植物区系研究

该研究根据国家中医药管理局全国第四次中药资源普查的标准,在色季拉山设置样方63套,每套样方中设1个10 m×10 m的乔木样方,1个5 m×5 m的灌木藤本样方和4个2 m×2 m的草本样方,调查记录海拔、经纬度、坡度、坡向等地理信息以及样地内每个物种的高度、盖度、株数等生物学信息,分析该区药用种子植物区系的基本组成、地理成分以及相对应的药用植物功效。结果表明:色季拉山有药用种子植物91科335属625种(含变种),分别占西藏种子植物科、属、种的55.49%,29.26%和11.80%。分布区类型多样,科的分布区分为7个分布区及5个亚型,热带科25个(占非世界分布科数的49.02%),温带科26个(占非世界分布科数的50.98%)。属的分布区分为13个分布区及13个亚型,热带属52个(占总属数的15.52%),温带属236个(占总属数的70.45%)。种的分布区类型,以温带成分为主,在625种药用种子植物中,温带种429个,占总种数的68.64%,在该区占优势。此外,该区药用植物的古老成分缺乏。特有成分很低,无中国特有科分布,中国特有属1个,中国特有种176个(其中西藏特有种21个)。色季拉山药用种子植物资源丰富,区系分布类型多样,起源于热带—亚热带成分,现以温带性质为主,说明该区处于热带向温带的过渡地带。从各药用植物的区系分布类型来看,所含药用植物具有较多样的药用功效。     

Drug discovery from medicinal plants

Current research in drug discovery from medicinal plants involves a multifaceted approach combining botanical, phytochemical, biological, and molecular techniques. Medicinal plant drug discovery continues to provide new and important leads against various pharmacological targets including cancer, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's, malaria, and pain. Several natural product drugs of plant origin have either recently been introduced to the United States market, including arteether, galantamine, nitisinone, and tiotropium, or are currently involved in late-phase clinical trials. As part of our National Cooperative Drug Discovery Group (NCDDG) research project, numerous compounds from tropical rainforest plant species with potential anticancer activity have been identified. Our group has also isolated several compounds, mainly from edible plant species or plants used as dietary supplements, that may act as chemopreventive agents. Although drug discovery from medicinal plants continues to provide an important source of new drug leads, numerous challenges are encountered including the procurement of plant materials, the selection and implementation of appropriate high-throughput screening bioassays, and the scale-up of active compounds.     

miRNA调控药用植物生长发育和次生代谢

microRNA(miRNA)作为一类内源性的短链非编码RNA,广泛存在于真核细胞中,主要通过对转录本剪切和抑制翻译等方式,参与转录后基因的表达调控。近年来研究表明,多种药用植物中鉴定出大量的miRNA。这些miRNA对药用植物的生长发育和次生代谢产物合成具有调控功能。次生代谢产物是药用植物的主要有效成分,研究miRNA对药用植物次生代谢过程的调控作用具有十分重要的意义。本文综述了miRNA在植物中的产生途径、作用方式和体内功能,在此基础上重点介绍了miRNA对药用植物生长发育和次生代谢产物生物合成的调控作用,并对药用植物miRNA的研究进行了展望,以期为提高药用植物产量,高效获得药用植物有效成分以及临床应用开拓新的思路。     

四川省茂县药用种子植物区系分析

为摸清四川茂县药用种子植物资源状况,在茂县第3次和第4次中药资源普查资料的基础上,对茂县药用种子植物区系进行统计分析。结果表明,茂县县域内药用种子植物共130科582属1 342种,包括裸子植物7科14属18种,被子植物123科568属1 324种,其中国家重点保护野生植物18科37属57种。15个大型科(科内种数大于20)分别占总属、种数的48.45%、56.56%,处于主导地位;小型属(含2~4种)共507属783种,分别占总属、种数的87.11%、58.35%。茂县药用种子植物科以热带成分占明显优势(56.52%),而属以温带成分占优势地位(68.11%);茂县的药用种子植物区系比剑阁县和盐边县呈现更为明显的温带性,而较澜沧江源区与错那县的热带成分更为活跃,揭示纬度和海拔可能是决定茂县药用种子植物区系性质的关键因素。因此,茂县药用种子植物区系不仅具有较高的物种多样性,同时还具有一定的区系地理成分复杂性,主要体现在温带性质占主导地位的同时亦呈现较为明显的过渡性质,因此茂县可视作研究横断山脉地区南北植物交流的关键地区之一,在药用种子植物的多样性保护和开发利用研究方面值得重点关注。     

惠州西湖风景名胜区维管植物资源与多样性研究

为了明确惠州西湖风景名胜区维管植物资源及多样性特征,该研究通过野外实地调查和文献查阅,统计惠州西湖风景名胜区维管植物种类构成及其科、属、种层面的具体组成,并分析其分布区类型、濒危物种、药用植物和水生植物状况。结果表明:(1)惠州西湖风景名胜区共有维管植物169科650属1 061种,其中被子植物种类最丰富,有145科613属1 002种,科、属、种数分别占总数的85.80%、94.30%、94.44%;裸子植物9科20属36种,科、属、种数分别占总数的5.33%、3.10%、3.39%;蕨类植物15科17属23种,科、属和种数分别占总数的8.88%、2.60%、2.17%。(2)惠州西湖风景名胜区植物资源的优势科明显,含10种及以上的科有29科653种,占总种数的61.55%,其中菊科最多(有63种),禾本科次之(有60种);研究区有单属、种的植物442种,表明单种或少数种的科在研究区维管植物中占大多数。(3)惠州西湖风景名胜区有种子植物154科,分属13个分布区类型,其中泛热带分布区类型有60科,所占的比例最高(55.56%),表明该区种子植物具有明显的热带特性,其种子植物区系以热带分布为主。(4)惠州西湖风景名胜区有珍稀濒危植物29种(其中国家保护植物26种),药用植物702种,水生植物150种。研究表明,惠州西湖风景名胜区维管植物资源种类丰富,多样性程度高,应特别加强植物资源的保护和利用以及生态景观的建设。     

Introduced plants in the indigenous Pharmacopoeia of Northern South America

The intellectual property rights debate focuses on the flow of germplasm from developing tropical countries to developed temperate nations. Few investigators have addressed the converse. We discuss the abundance and importance of introduced plants in pharmacopoeias of northern South America. Introduced species commonly are employed as medicines throughout the region and include at least 216 Eurasian, North American, African, and Pacific species. Among the Shuar of lowland Ecuador, four introduced plants (Citrus aurantium, Cymbopogon citratus, Saccharum officinarum, and Zingiber officinale) are included in their most commonly prescribed remedies. The widespread use of introduced plants is due, in part, to the medicinal value of plants whose primary use is for food (e.g., Musa X paradisiacal Similarly, many introduced ornamentals also have therapeutic value (e.g., Hedychium coronarium). Other species have been introduced specifically as medicines (e.g., Aloe vera). Restrictions on the flow of germplasm and plant knowledge may protect the economic interests of governments and national industry. If applied bilaterally, however, constraints on the movement of plants will limit the continued evolution of traditional medicinal systems in areas where they are most needed.     

Threatened edible insects in Hidalgo, Mexico and some measures to preserve them

Background

The Caatinga (dry land vegetation) is one of the most characteristic vegetation types in northeastern Brazil. It occupies a large percentage of the semi-arid region there, and generally supports two major types of economic activity: seasonal agriculture and the harvesting of plant products. However, very little information is available concerning the interaction of people with the plants of the Caatinga.

Methods

A study was undertaken with the participation of 31 adults from a rural community in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, in order to analyze the patterns of use of medicinal plant resources, and to test a number of hypotheses concerning their use and local knowledge about them. The sources of medicinal plants used by the local community, the differences in oral information concerning the use of plants with their effective uses, and the role of exotic plants in local folk medicine practices were examined.

Results

Forty-eight plant species were cited as having medicinal uses, of which 56.25% are native to the Caatinga region. The patterns of harvesting and the importance of these trees and shrubs as medicinal plants seem to be compatible with a hypothesis based on the seasonal availability of plant resources. There is no direct correlation between known medicinal plants and those used by the local population, which agrees with observations made in different tropical regions. However, this observation was not interpreted in terms of the idea of "erosion" of knowledge (commonly used to explain this lack of correlation), but rather to propose two new concepts: "mass knowledge" and "stock knowledge".

Conclusion

Native plants are a very significant component of locally used medicinal plants, although exotic plants are important for treating specific health problems – which leads the proposal of a hypothesis of diversification.     

Conservation of medicinal plants of Western Ghats,India and its sustainable utilization through <Emphasis Type="Italic">in vitro</Emphasis> technology

Climate change, alien species, and use of land for intensive farming and development are causing severe threat to the plant genetic diversity worldwide. Hence, conservation of biodiversity is considered fundamental and also provides the livelihoods to millions of people worldwide. Medicinal plants play a key role in the treatment of a number of diseases, and they are only the source of medicine for majority of people in the developing world. The tropical regions of the world supply the bulk of current global demand for “natural medicine,” albeit with increasing threat to populations in the world and its genetic diversity. India is a major center of origin and diversity of crop and medicinal plants. India poses out 20,000 species of higher plants, one third of it being endemic and 500 species are categorized to have medicinal value. The Western Ghats is one of the major repositories of medicinal plants. It harbors around 4,000 species of higher plants of which 450 species are threatened. Currently, the number of species added to the red list category in this region is increasing, and the valuable genetic resources are being lost at a rapid rate. Demand for medicinal plants is increasing, and this leads to unscrupulous collection from the wild and adulteration of supplies. Providing high-quality planting material for sustainable use and thereby saving the genetic diversity of plants in the wild is important. During the last 25 years of intensive research, Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute has developed in vitro protocol for rapid regeneration and establishment of about 40 medicinally important rare and threatened plants of Western Ghats. In situ conservation alone would not be effective in safeguarding these important species. Thus, utilizing the biotechnoligical approach to complement ex situ conservation program is becoming vital. Propagating biotechnology tools in plant conservation program is a prerequisite to succeed in sustainable use and to complement the existing ex situ measures. In addition to propagation, storage of these valuable genetic resources is equally important. In vitro slow growth of 35 species and cryopreservation using embryo/meristem/seed in 20 different species of rare medicinal plants of this region is accomplished. Plants developed in vitro of ten medicinal plants, which have restricted distribution, were reintroduced in the natural habitat as well.     

云南思茅端午节食用药根的民族植物学调查

对多民族聚居的云南思茅市及其周边村寨在端午节期间食用药根的习俗进行了较全面的民族植物学调查。思茅各民族千百年来对药根膳食均有不同程度的喜爱,他们的药根膳食知识具有地域特色,融合了汉、傣、拉祜等原住民的医药知识。思茅端午节膳食药根的种类,计38种,分别属于22科32属。对云南思茅端午节食用药根膳食的文化基础和药根膳食的开发利用前景也进行了讨论。     

广西龙胜红瑶传统药用植物的民族植物学知识

瑶族是一个拥有悠久历史和灿烂文化的民族,红瑶是其中一个分支,因妇女服饰上的花纹图案以大红色为主而得名,其生活习俗饱含民族特色,对植物尤其是药用植物的利用方式,与其他民族不同。该研究采用经典的民族植物学理论和方法,访问调查了广西龙胜红瑶传统药用植物种类,根据植物拉丁名、中文名、当地名、用途、用法及药用部位,对其进行民族植物学编目,并与《中国药典》作了比较。结果表明:共记录到药用植物95种,隶属于57科83属,其中蔷薇科、百合科种类最多,分别含有7种,显示龙胜红瑶传统药用植物资源的多样性;全株入药的植物种类41种,占总数的43.16%;根入药的种类为23种,占总数的24.21%;叶入药的种类为13种,占总数的13.68%。药用植物的药用部位以全株、根及叶为主;治疗风湿类疾病的药物比重最大,为23.47%,推测与其生活的环境有关;与《中国药典》比较,发现71种植物未被其收录,另有17种虽被收录但主治功效不同,有7种被收录且主治功效大致相同,为新型中药的研发提供了借鉴。同时,还探讨了龙胜红瑶传统药用植物的药用价值、资源现状及文化传承的问题。