Baiting Effects of 17 Chinese Medicinal Plants on Brachydanio rerio

The study aimed to discuss baiting effects of 17 kinds of Chinese medicinal plants on Brachydanio rerio.With 100 fish of Brachydanio rerio as tested objects,the average length of the 100 fish was 3.5 cm.Cinnamomum cassia,Mentha canadensis,Eugenia aromaticum,Coptis chinensis,Phellodendron amurense,Scutellaria baicalensis,star anise,Kaempferia galanga,Prunus mume,Magnolia sinensis,Terminalia chebula meat,Sophora flavescens,Polygonum cuspidatum,Rhizoma polygonatum,Astragalus membranaceus,Forsythia suspense and...

Automated Chinese medicinal plants classification based on machine learning using leaf morpho-colorimetry,fractal dimension and visible/near infrared spectroscopy

The identification of Chinese medicinal plants was conducted to rely on ampelographic manual assessment by experts.More recently,machine learning algorithms for pattern recognition have been successfully applied to leaf recognition in other plant species.These new tools make the classification of Chinese medicinal plants easier,more efficient and cost effective.This study showed comparative results between machine learning models obtained from two methods:i)a morpho-colorimetric method and ii)a visible(VIS)/Near Infrared(NIR)spectral analysis from sampled leaves of 20 different Chinese medicinal plants.Specifically,the automated image analysis and VIS/NIR spectral based parameters obtained from leaves were used separately as inputs to construct customized artificial neural network(ANN)models.Results showed that the ANN model developed using the morpho-colorimetric parameters as inputs(Model A)had an accuracy of 98.3%in the classification of leaves for the 20 medicinal plants studied.In the case of the model based on spectral data from leaves(Model B),the ANN model obtained using the averaged VIS/NIR spectra per leaf as inputs showed 92.5%accuracy for the classification of all medicinal plants used.Model A has the advantage of being cost effective,requiring only a normal document scanner as measuring instrument.This method can be adapted for non-destructive assessment of leaves in-situ by using portable wireless scanners.Model B combines the fast,non-destructive advantages of VIS/NIR spectroscopy,which can be used for rapid and non-invasive identification of Chinese medicinal plants and other applications by analyzing specific light spectra overtones from leaves to assess concentration of pigments such as chlorophyll,anthocyanins and others that are related active compounds from the medicinal plants.

Book Review on the Illustrated Seeds of Chinese Medicinal Plants

Medicinal plants are important source for Oriental and Western medicines.There are more than 500 herbs commonly used today in China,in which near 30% of them are seed medicines and over

Screening of Epstein-Barr Virus Early Antigen Expression Inducers from Chinese Medicinal Herbs and Plants

Ether extrilcls of 1693 Chinesc medicinal herbs and plilnts from 268 families werestudied for the induction of Epstcin-Barr viral (EBV ) early antigcn (EA ) expression in theRaji cell line. Fifty-two from 18 families were found to have inducing activity. Twenty-fiveand seven of them were from Euphorbiaccae and Thymclaeaceae, respectively. Some ofthem, such as Croton tiglium, Euphorbia kansui, Daphnc genkwa, Wikstrocmia chamacdaphen, Wikstroemia indica, Prunus mandshurica Koehne and Achyranthes bidentata arecommonly used drugs. The significance of these herbs in the activation of EBV in vivo andtheir relation to the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma were discussed.

Effects of plant growth regulators on the rapid proliferation of shoots and root induction in the Chinese traditional medicinal plant Atractylodes macrocephala

We developed an efficient plant regeneration protocol for rapidly propagating Atractylodes macrocephala Koidz,an important traditional Chinese medicinal plant,via shoot organogenesis.Shoot multiplication was induced on Murashige-Skoog(MS)medium supplemented with various concentrations of N-phenyl-N-1,2,3-thidiazol-5-ylurea(TDZ),6-benzylaminopurine(BA)andα-naphthaleneacetic acid(NAA).Rooting was induced on half-strength MS medium supplemented with NAA and indolebutyric acid(IBA).The maximum mean number of shoots(5.61)was obtained from a single explant by the combined effect of 1.08μmol/L NAA and 2.25μmol/L TDZ.The longest roots and a minimum number of roots were produced when they were cultured in a medium without plant growth regulators.The shortest roots and the largest number of roots were observed in the medium supplemented with 2.7μmol/L NAA.

Induction of seed germination in Orobanche spp.by extracts of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs

The co-evolution of Orobanche spp.and their hosts within the same environment has resulted in a high degree of adaptation and effective parasitism whereby the host releases parasite germination stimulants,which are likely to be unstable in the soil.Our objective was to investigate whether extracts from non-host plants,specifically,Chinese medicinal plants,could stimulate germination of Orobanche spp.Samples of 606 Chinese medicinal herb species were extracted with deionized water and methanol.The extracts were used to induce germination of three Orobanche species;Orobanche minor,Orobanche cumana,and Orobanche aegyptiaca.O.minor exhibited a wide range of germination responses to the various herbal extracts.O.cumana and O.aegyptiaca exhibited an intermediate germination response to the herbal extracts.O.minor,which has a narrow host spectrum,showed higher germination rates in response to different herbal extracts compared with those of O.cumana and O.aegyptiaca,which have a broader host spectrum.Methanolic extracts of many Chinese herbal species effectively stimulated seed germination among the Orobanche spp.,even though they were not the typical hosts.The effective herbs represent interesting examples of potential trap crops.Different countries can also screen extracts from indigenous herbaceous plants for their ability to induce germination of Orobanche spp.seeds.The use of such species as trap plants could diminish the global soil seed bank of Orobanche.

Cultural Practices for Propagation of Spatholobus suberectus via Cutting into Polybags

In this paper,the propagation of Spatholobus suberectus Dunn.was optimized based on the research results conducted in propagation for many years and the actual need for the planting materials.According to the requirements of Good Agricultural Practices for Chinese Medicinal Drugs,cultural practices for propagation of S.suberectus were summed up and standardized,including the environmental requirements,land preparation,bed preparation,cutting of scions,cuttings treatment,cutting,management of cuttings at the nursery,bagged cuttings ready for transplanting,packing and handling,transportation,and preparation of records for archives.