Integrative Biology Journals

Natural Products and Bioprospecting ›› 2018, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (4): 265-278.DOI: 10.1007/s13659-018-0179-5

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Untiring Researches for Alternative Resources of Rhizoma Paridis

Xu-Jie Qin, Wei Ni, Chang-Xiang Chen, Hai-Yang Liu   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China
  • Received:2018-04-18 Revised:2018-07-02 Online:2018-08-28 Published:2018-08-24
  • Contact: Hai-Yang Liu,haiyangliu@mail.kib.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31570363, 31770391, and 31600283), the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province (2015FA031 and 2017FB128), the Science and Technology Research Program (Grant No. KIB2016001) of Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Guiding Program of Interdisciplinary Studies from Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS (Grant No. KIB2017004), and the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China (P2017-ZZ04), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Untiring Researches for Alternative Resources of Rhizoma Paridis

Xu-Jie Qin, Wei Ni, Chang-Xiang Chen, Hai-Yang Liu   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Kunming 650201, People's Republic of China
  • 通讯作者: Hai-Yang Liu,haiyangliu@mail.kib.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 31570363, 31770391, and 31600283), the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province (2015FA031 and 2017FB128), the Science and Technology Research Program (Grant No. KIB2016001) of Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Guiding Program of Interdisciplinary Studies from Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS (Grant No. KIB2017004), and the Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China (P2017-ZZ04), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Abstract: Rhizoma Paridis (RP, 重楼), a traditional Chinese medicine, is the rhizoma of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis (PPY) or P. polyphylla var. chinensis which are widely used as important raw materials for several Chinese patent drugs. However, the wild resources of these herbs have become less and less due to their slow-growing characteristics and previously excessive excavation. This review covers untiring investigations on alternative resources of RP by our research group over the past decades, including non-medicinal parts of PPY as well as other plants of Liliaceae and Liliflorae families. The arial parts of PPY and the whole plants of Trillium kamtschaticum might be alternative resources for RP based on the fact that they shared the same or similar saponins and bioactivities.

Key words: Rhizoma Paridis, Paris polyphylla, Alternative resources, Steroidal saponins, Bioactivities

摘要: Rhizoma Paridis (RP, 重楼), a traditional Chinese medicine, is the rhizoma of Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis (PPY) or P. polyphylla var. chinensis which are widely used as important raw materials for several Chinese patent drugs. However, the wild resources of these herbs have become less and less due to their slow-growing characteristics and previously excessive excavation. This review covers untiring investigations on alternative resources of RP by our research group over the past decades, including non-medicinal parts of PPY as well as other plants of Liliaceae and Liliflorae families. The arial parts of PPY and the whole plants of Trillium kamtschaticum might be alternative resources for RP based on the fact that they shared the same or similar saponins and bioactivities.

关键词: Rhizoma Paridis, Paris polyphylla, Alternative resources, Steroidal saponins, Bioactivities