“…Rhodiola species have been prescribed for hemostatic, antibechic and tonic purposes in Chinese traditional preparations and have been used as an endermic liniment for burns and contusions for thousands of years (Ip et al, 2001;Yoshikawa et al, 1996). In recent years, many biological activities have been reported for Rhodiola species such as adaptogenic (Spasov et al, 2000;Rege et al, 1999), antihypoxia (Kurmukov et al, 1986), antifatigue (Azizov and Seifulla, 1998;Darbinyan et al, 2002), antioxidant (Furmanowa et al, 1998), antiarrhythmic (Maslov et al, 1998), cardioprotection (Maslov et al, 1997), anticancer (Udintsev and Shakhov, 1991), and enhancement in learning and memory Fan et al, 1999).…”