Review of research on Dendrobium, a prized folk medicine.
Medicinal plants of the Dendrobium genus are highly prized, and hence, methodologies have been developed to authenticate Dendrobium drugs from its adulterants. Many bioactive constituents of Dendrobium species have been identified. The macromolecules included lectins; the enzymes chalcone synthase, sucrose synthase, and cytokinin oxidase; and polysaccharides. The polysaccharides display immunomodulatory and hepatoprotective activities. Alkaloids exhibit antioxidant, anticancer, and neuroprotective activities. Other compounds manifest antioxidant, anticancer, and immunomodulatory.
School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
Tzi Bun
TB
Ng
Jingyi
J
Liu
Jack Ho
JH
Wong
Xiujuan
X
Ye
Stephen Cho
SC
Wing Sze
Yao
Y
Tong
Kalin Yanbo
KY
Zhang
D001688:Biological Products / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D031667:Dendrobium / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008519:Medicine, Traditional / Q000379:methods*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
D001688:Biological Products; D010936:Plant Extracts