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KMID : 1098419990070040316
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Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
1999 Volume.7 No. 4 p.316 ~ p.324
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Industiral Development of Medicinal Plants in China
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Wen-Yuan Gao
Paek Kee-Yoeup
Yong Peng
Pei-gen Xiao
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Abstract
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In China, medicinal plants play almost the same important role in the general health service as the western medicine. In this paper, we present a brief review about the industrial development of medicinal plants in China. A nation-wide survey shows that there are 11,118 species of medicinal plants in China. The total annual output value of natural products is about ＄6,000. The output value of preparations is 3 billion US dollars. Over 100 new drugs have been developed from the medicinal plants. As the trend worldwide today that human-being favors the way of life back to nature, medicinal plants will play a very important role, and their industrial exploitation will certainly be keeping a key position for human health.
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KEYWORD
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medicinal plant, industrial development, new drug, China
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