Ethnobotanical survey of herbal tea plants from the traditional markets in Chaoshan, China

Li, Donglin; Zheng, Xiongfei; Duan, Lei; Deng, Shaoqiang; Ye, Wen; Wang, Aihua; Xing, Feifei

doi:10.1016/j.jep.2017.02.040

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“…Furthermore, none of the 9 herbal soup plants that were inversely associated with NPC risk were commonly used in herbal teas. Consistent with our results, 2 ethnobotanical surveys conducted in the same geographic region showed that only 2 herbal plants overlapped between 186 plants used in herbal teas and 97 used in herbal soups . The minimal overlap in herbs used in herbal teas and herbal soups is most likely due to the different purposes for these drinks in the local population.…”

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“…Consistent with our results, 2 ethnobotanical surveys conducted in the same geographic region showed that only 2 herbal plants overlapped between 186 plants used in herbal teas and 97 used in herbal soups. 19,20 The minimal overlap in herbs used in herbal teas and herbal soups is most likely due to the different purposes for these drinks in the local population. Herbal teas are mostly consumed for heat clearing and detoxification, whereas herbal soups are mainly used to strengthen energy, improve immunity, aid digestion, clear heat, and act as astringents.…”

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Chinese nonmedicinal herbal diet and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A population‐based case‐control study

Lin

Cao

Chang

et al. 2019

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Background An association between a nonmedicinal herbal diet and nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has often been hypothesized but never thoroughly investigated. Methods This study enrolled a total of 2469 patients with incident NPC and 2559 population controls from parts of Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces in southern China between 2010 and 2014. Questionnaire information was collected on the intake of traditional herbal tea and herbal soup as well as the specific herbal plants used in soups and other potentially confounding lifestyle factors. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the NPC risk in association with herbal tea and soup intake. Results Ever consumption of herbal tea was not associated with NPC risk (OR, 1.03; 95% CI, 0.91‐1.17). An inverse association was observed for NPC among ever drinkers of herbal soup (OR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.67‐0.90) but without any monotonic trend with an increasing frequency or duration of herbal soup consumption. Inverse associations with NPC risk were detected with 9 herbal plants used in herbal soup, including Ziziphus jujuba, Fructus lycii, Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus membranaceus, Semen coicis, Smilax glabra, Phaseolus calcaratus, Morinda officinalis, and Atractylodes macrocephala (OR range, 0.31‐0.79). Conclusions Consuming herbal soups including specific plants, but not herbal tea, was inversely associated with NPC. If replicated, these results might provide potential for NPC prevention in endemic areas.

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Chinese nonmedicinal herbal diet and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A population‐based case‐control study

Lin

Cao

Chang

et al. 2019

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“…This area also has locally popular herbal drinks, including the Guangdong herbal tea. Therefore, to investigate whether the geographical location and cultural background affected the selection and use of raw materials in Taiwan, this study compared the materials used in the Lingnan area (Liu et al, 2013b), Chaoshan area (Li et al, 2017), and Fujian area (Lin, 2014) with the survey results of our study.…”

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An Ethnobotanical Study on Qīng-Căo-Chá Tea in Taiwan

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“…The demand of A. formosanus is dramatically increasing since the international trade of medicinal plants is becoming a major force in the global economy (Ma et al, 2010;Li et al, 2017). However, the natural source of A. formosanus has been significantly reduced due to indiscriminate collection, slow seed germination rate, and slow growth of natural A. formosanus plants (Cheng and Chang, 2009;Ma et al, 2010;Zhang et al, 2013).…”

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Evaluation of changes in the growth and chemical constituents of Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata grown under hydroponic conditions

Nguyen¹,

Nhu²,

Dung³

et al. 2018

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Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata is an important medicinal plant with various pharmaceutical properties. In this study, A. formosanus plants were hydroponically cultivated in different nutrient solutions to achieve enhanced biomass and secondary metabolites production. Three months-old A. formosanus plants were grown for 8 weeks under controlled environment in plastic pots containing Murashige and Skoog (MS), Nitrophoska Foliar (NF), Hydro Green (HG), or Hydro Bee (HB) media. Among 4 nutrient solutions tested, HB was the most efficient medium for the plant growth with the highest fresh weight (FW, 2.56 g/plant) and dry weight (DW, 0.18 g/plant) values. The results of phytochemical screening showed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, terpenoids, glycosides, and steroids in the extracts of A. formosanus cultivated in HB, HG, and MS medium. The level of these compounds was significantly different in plants cultivated in tested media. The highest alkaloids (34.87 μg/g DW) and terpenoids (56.43 μg/g DW) contents were obtained on HG medium, whereas flavonoids were present in highest amounts (90.13 μg QE/g DW) in plants grown in NF medium. On the other hand, HB medium stimulated the production of the highest glycoside (64.33 μg/g DW) and steroids (22.83 μg/g DW) levels. The antioxidant activity of the extracts was also tested using the 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity assay and the results demonstrated strong antioxidant activities of A. formosanus extracts with IC 50 of 136.19 to 248.85 μg/ml. Concluding, the hydroponic-cultivation of A. formosanus is a promising way for obtaining highly valuable compounds for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries.

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Ethnobotanical survey of herbal tea plants from the traditional markets in Chaoshan, China

Cited by 54 publications

References 33 publications

Chinese nonmedicinal herbal diet and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A population‐based case‐control study

Chinese nonmedicinal herbal diet and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A population‐based case‐control study

An Ethnobotanical Study on Qīng-Căo-Chá Tea in Taiwan

Evaluation of changes in the growth and chemical constituents of Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata grown under hydroponic conditions

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