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      Review of research on Dendrobium, a prized folk medicine.

      Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
      Biological Products, chemistry, isolation & purification, pharmacology, Dendrobium, Humans, Medicine, Traditional, methods, Plant Extracts, Plants, Medicinal

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          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.

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          22322870
          10.1007/s00253-011-3829-7

          Chemistry
          Biological Products,chemistry,isolation & purification,pharmacology,Dendrobium,Humans,Medicine, Traditional,methods,Plant Extracts,Plants, Medicinal

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