title: [Status and future of natural resource for Chinese materia medica].
abstract: For thousands of years, the natural resource for Chinese materiamedica has been the foundation of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, which provides abundant medicine for human. In recent years, increasing demands and irrational exploitation led to a lot of problems such as rapid decrease of traditional Chinese herbs reserves, low quality of medicine and dismishing traditional cultures. These restricted the development of the traditional Chinese medicine. To solve these problems, scientists have done much work on investigating traditional Chinese medicine resources, exploring the metabolic pathway of bioactive ingredients, cultivating new varieties, and carrying out synthetic biology. These studies provided a theoretical basis for sustainable utilizationand future developmentof traditional Chinese medicine resources.
authors.forename: Xiao-jing
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Jin-fu
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Xiao-hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Zhu-bo
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Lan-ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Lu-qi
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000639:trends*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D008419:Materia Medica