植物精气研究进展

Advances in the study of phytoncidere

植物精气作为一种重要的生态保健旅游资源,具有杀菌、消毒、治病等多种保健功能。本文对植物精气的发现、生物合成途径、植物精气释放的环境影响因素以及植物精气对人体健康的影响进行了综述,并简要介绍了植物精气的提取分离方法以及它的实际应用情况。从已有的研究可以看出,各国研究工作者对植物精气的组成成分及其含量、药用机理、影响因素等方面进行了广泛的研究,并取得了一定的成果,但是有关植物精气是否对人体产生有害的影响、植物精气对人体有益的最佳含量和最佳时间、树种配置的最佳效果以及如何充分利用植物精气等问题仍有待深入研究。

Phytoncidere is a type of volatile organic compound with fragrant odor emitted from plant tissues naturally. As one of health-related ecotourism resources, Phytoncidere has many sanitarian functions, such as bacteriostasis, preventing and curing diseases etc. The discovery, biosynthesis approach, influences of environmental factors on releasing of Phytoncidere and their effects on human health are reviewed in this paper. The research techniques and applications of Phytoncidere are also discussed. Based on the present studies on Phytoncidere, most researches in this area has been focused on the composition, content, medical mechanism and releasing mechanisms of Phytoncidere. However, further studies on the taboo of Phytoncidere, the best content and time for human body, the best combination of plant species and most effective approach to utilize the Phytoncidere are needed in the future.