Wild ginseng grows in Myanmar

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1248/cpb.51.679
Author	Search for: Tran, Quan Le; Search for: Than, Myint Myint; Search for: Tezuka, Yasuhiro; Search for: Banskota, Arjun H.; Search for: Kouda, Kyoji; Search for: Watanabe, Hiroshi; Search for: Zhu, Shu; Search for: Komatsu, Katsuko; Search for: Thet, Maung Maung; Search for: Swe, Thein; Search for: Maruyama, Yukiko; Search for: Kadota, Shigetoshi
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Subject	Myanmar ginseng; Panax zingiberensis; ginsenoside; liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS); 18S rRNA gene sequence; matK gene sequence
Abstract	Ginseng, the underground parts of plants of Panax species, has been used in oriental traditional medicine for centuries. Unfortunately, because of extensive exploitation over thousands of years, the natural source of these species has been almost exhausted. Recently, we have found a wild ginseng growing in Myanmar. Here, by a combination of chemical composition study and gene sequence analysis, we unambiguously demonstrate that the wild ginseng is actually P. zingiberensis, commonly known as ginger ginseng. This ginseng was an indigenous to the southwestern China. However, now it is seriously threatened to brink of extinction and is put on the highest level of protection in China. Therefore, an appropriate protection measure is highly recommended to preserve this valuable resource, since this Myanmar ginseng might turn out to be the last P. zingiberensis, which could ever be seen in the planet.
Publication date	2003-03-12
In	Chemical And Pharmaceutical Bulletin 51, no. 6 (12 March 2003): 679–682.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC publication	This is a non-NRC publication "Non-NRC publications" are publications authored by NRC employees prior to their employment by NRC.
NPARC number	21274348
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