The old saying “no prescription can be made without Yunnan medicinal materials” suggests the profound heritage and extensive influence of Yunnan's ethnic medicine culture and medicinal plant resources. This book, A Companion Volume to Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms of Yunnan Province of China, continues the systematical introduction of the plant morphological characteristics, medicinal history, resource situation, traditional uses, ethnopharmacology, phytochemicals, pharmacological effects, biosynthesis, and sustainable utilization of some important or endemic medicinal plants and mushrooms of Yunnan Province of China, including Amomi Fructus, Amomum tsaoko, Angelica sinensis, Aucklandia costus, Gentiana rigescens, Phyllanthus emblica, and Polygonatum kingianu, Tricholoma matsutake, etc. Furthermore, this book offers strategies and advice for sustainable utilization and rational exploitation of medicinal plant resources in Yunnan, drawing on the basis of the author's years of practice in the field.
- Reviews species-specific natural products discovered from Yunnan medicinal plants, and their bio-activities.
- Provides a brief introduction to the commercial drugs and health products developed based on these medicinal plants.
- Discusses the resource availability and conservation status of these medicinal plants.
- For those threatened species, the causes of their endangerment are summarized and conservation strategies are proposed.
- Enhances understanding with high-quality original photographs and illustrations of the plants, their habitats, and usage in traditional remedies.
Table of Contents:
1. Yunnan Aucklandia cestus Falc. ..................................................................................
Hui-Ying Liu, Yunheng Ji, Hai-Yang Liu*, and Xin Fang*
2. Polygonatum kingianum Collett & Hemsl.: Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Application.....................................................................................................................
Yan-Xi Li, Long-Gao Xiao, Xiao-Rong Guo*, and Hai-Yang Liu*
3. Yunnan Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels.........................................................................
Yan Zhao*, Sheng-Chao Yang, Khadija Tehseen Arshad, Juan Wang, Pin-Han Zhou, and Chao-Hui Li
4. Traditional Uses, Chemistry, Bioactivity of Salvia yunnanensis C. H. Wright..........
Rui-Qi Liu, Xin-Rong Xiang, Yunheng Ji*, and Xin Fang*
5. Paris Species in Yunnan Province................................................................................
Shan-Shan Ling, Wei Ni, Huan Yan, Xin Fang, Yunheng Ji*, and Hai-Yang Liu*
6. Panax japonicus complex..............................................................................................
Mei-Ru Wang, Jia-Xin Huang, Hai-Yang Liu*, and Yunheng Ji*
7. Amomi Fructus: Resources, Traditional Application, Phytochemicals, and Pharmacological Activities...........................................................................................
Rui Dong and Chang-An Geng*
8. Botany, Traditional Application, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Amomum tsaoko.............................................................................................................
Xiao-Lu Qin and Chang-An Geng*
9. Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicology of the “Heartbreak Grass” Gelsemium elegans (Gardner & Champ.) Benth. ....................
Sheng Li and Yu Zhang*
10. Tranditional Utilization, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Origanum vulgare L. .......................................................................................................................
Xue-Yu Yang, Yunheng Ji*, and Hai-Yang Liu*
11. Gentiana rigescens Franch. ex Hemsl. .........................................................................
Jia-Huan Shang, Na Li, Rong Fan, Hong-Tao Zhu, and Ying-Jun Zhang*
12. Phyllanthus emblica Linn. ............................................................................................
Na Li, Jia-Huan Shang, Hong-Tao Zhu, and Ying-Jun Zhang*
13. Botany, Chemistry, Bioactivity, and Biogeography of Spiraea japonica Complex (Rosaceae) .....................................................................................................................
Qian Zhao and Xiao-Jiang Hao*
14. Tripterygium hypoglaucum (H. L´ev.) Hutch...............................................................
Shi-Li Wu, Duo-Zhi Chen, and Xiao-Jiang Hao*
15. Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry, and Biological Activity of Daphniphyllum Species............................................................................................................................
Li-Li Xu and Xiao-Jiang Hao*
16. Five Popular Wild Edible Mushrooms in Yunnan: Tricholoma matsutake, Boletus edulis, Thelephora ganbajun, Sarcodon imbricatus, and Russula virescens...............
Hui Liu, Yan-Xi Li, Mei-Ru Wang, Wei Ni, HuanYan, Hai-Yang Liu*
17. Sustainable Utilization and Rational Exploitation of Medicinal Plant Resources in Yunnan Province.......................................................................................................
Yunheng Ji*, Hai-Yang Liu, Xin Fang, Chenjin Yang
