title: [Overview of current researches on Tibetan medicine "zuotai"].
abstract: "Zuotai" is one of the main raw material of many rare Tibetan medicine, and it plays a important role in the system of Tibetan medicine. There are some toxic heavy metals in "Zuotai", such as Hg, Au, Pb and so on. As a result, it's urgent to study the safety and effectiveness of "Zuotai" in depth. This paper will analyze and induce the resent progress of the study about "Zuotai". With constipation, "Zuotai" and "Zuotai" as key words, CNKI, CHINAINFO, CQVIP were retrieved, Springer were retrieved besides. Relevant 86 references were obtained. Twenty-two for reference were adopted through screening. The paper reviewed the resent progress of the study about "Zuotai" in chemical composition, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, toxicology and clinical application. This will establish the basis for further study.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Center for Research & Development of Medicinal Plants, Jiangsu Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China. 18724015853@163.com
authors.forename: Hai-Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Center for Research & Development of Medicinal Plants, Jiangsu Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
authors.forename: Qi-Zhi
authors.initials: QZ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Center for Research of Tibet Cheezheng Tibetan Medicine Limited Company, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Xin-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Center for Research & Development of Medicinal Plants, Jiangsu Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
authors.forename: Xu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Center for Research & Development of Medicinal Plants, Jiangsu Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Center for Research of Tibet Cheezheng Tibetan Medicine Limited Company, Beijing 100101, China.
authors.forename: Wen-Ya
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Center for Research & Development of Medicinal Plants, Jiangsu Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D038861:Medicine, Tibetan Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal