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Wild ginseng grows in Myanmar.
- Source :
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Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin [Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo)] 2003 Jun; Vol. 51 (6), pp. 679-82. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Ginseng, the underground parts of plants of Panax species, has been used in oriental traditional medicine for centuries. Unfortunately, because of extensive exploitation over thousands of years, the natural source of these species has been almost exhausted. Recently, we have found a wild ginseng growing in Myanmar. Here, by a combination of chemical composition study and gene sequence analysis, we unambiguously demonstrate that the wild ginseng is actually P. zingiberensis, commonly known as ginger ginseng. This ginseng was an indigenous to the southwestern China. However, now it is seriously threatened to brink of extinction and is put on the highest level of protection in China. Therefore, an appropriate protection measure is highly recommended to preserve this valuable resource, since this Myanmar ginseng might turn out to be the last P. zingiberensis, which could ever be seen in the planet.
- Subjects :
- Base Sequence
Genes, Plant genetics
Genes, rRNA genetics
Molecular Sequence Data
Myanmar
Panax chemistry
Panax genetics
Plant Roots chemistry
Plant Roots genetics
Plant Roots growth & development
Plants, Medicinal chemistry
Plants, Medicinal genetics
Saponins isolation & purification
Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
Panax growth & development
Plants, Medicinal growth & development
RNA, Plant genetics
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S genetics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0009-2363
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12808246
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.51.679