Description
Although many texts describe plants from China, the focus of this book is to draw on the rich culture and environment of medicinal plants and fungi/mushrooms of Yunnan Province. In fact, Yunnan Province covers two global hotspots of biodiversity, with the richest biological and cultural diversity in China. In particular, the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (founded in 1938 and located in the capital city of Yunnan Province) has made great contributions in the fields of botany and phytochemistry, earning an international reputation. This book covers those medicinal plants and fungi/mushrooms specific to Yunnan Province, and is written mainly by KIB experts in this research field.
Key Features:
- Distinct sections cover the breadth of the topic including resource availability (wildly grown or cultivated), sustainability, and distribution
- Discusses plant parts used for medicinal uses (the folklore, the ancient and modern uses)
- Describes the important natural products and the known pharmacologically active components
- Presents biological activities related to medicinal uses or clinical evidence
Cover image: Shilin, the stone forest (eroded vertical pinnacles of limestone), landmark of Kunming, Yunnan.
Table of Contents
Section I
1. Diterpenoids of Isodon Species in Yunnan Province
Kun Hu, Jia-Meng Dai, Han-Dong Sun, and Pema-Tenzin Puno
2. Rubia yunnanensis Diels
Ninghua Tan, Zhe Wang, Junting Fan, and Xuejia Zhang
3. Chemical Constituents and Biological Activity of Erigeron breviscapus (Vaniot) Hand.-Mazz.
Qin-Shi Zhao and Han-Dong Sun
4. Ethnopharmacology, Phytochemistry and Pharmacology of Paris polyphylla Smith var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz.
Hai-Yang Liu, Ling-Ling Yu, Xu-Jie Qin, Wei Ni, and Chang-Xiang Chen
Section II
5. Medicinal Mushrooms and Fungi from Yunnan Province:
Part I Resources and Diversity
Gang Wu and Zhu-Liang Yang
Part II Chemistry and Bioactivity
Ji-Kai Liu
Section III
6. Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.H. Chen
Jia-Huan Shang, Yi-Jun Qiao, Dong Wang, Hong-Tao Zhu, Chong-Ren Yang, and Ying-Jun Zhang
7. Medicinal Orchids: Dendrobium Species and Gastrodia elata Blume
Jiang-Miao Hu, Jie Yang, Liu Yang, and Meng-Ting Kuang
8. Garcinia Plants
Fengke Lin, Ping Li, Grace Gar-Lee Yue, Clara Bik-San Lau, Edward Kennelly, and Chunlin Long
9. Pu-er Tea from Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze and Related Plants
Na Li, Hong-Tao Zhu, Wang Dong, Chong-Ren Yang, and Ying-Jun Zhang
10. Yunnan Coffea arabica L.
Ming-Hua Qiu, Gui-Lin Hu, Xiao-Yuan Wang, and Xia Wang
Section IV
11. Medicinal Plants Used by Ethnic Groups in Yunnan
Ruifei Zhang, Yuehu Wang, Jun Yang, and Chunlin Long
