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The homology of medicine and food has long been recognized in China， and the medicinal and edible resources are often employed to prevent and treat diseases or maintain health in traditional Chinese medicine （TCM）. Due to the unique geographical and climatic conditions， the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region （hereinafter referred to as Xinjiang） is blessed with abundant medicinal and edible resources， like Rosae Rugosae Flos， Punica granatum， and Amygdalus communis， which have been widely used by local ethnic communities as medicine in light of the remarkable pharmacological activities， guaranteeing their health condition to some extent. This paper collected the relevant articles from China National Knowledge Infrastructure （CNKI） database through the keyword and full-text search with the medicinal and edible resource Rosae Rugosae Flos as the search term， and the subsequent analysis revealed that the medicinal and edible resources in Xinjiang has a wide range of applications in food， medicine， and ecological protection. This paper further explored their research value， status， and prospects， so as to provide some references for the rational， effective， and sustainable development and utilization of these medicinal and edible resources in Xinjiang， thus better achieving "poverty alleviation" and "rural revitalization"， popularizing TCM culture， and building a healthy China.
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Xinjiang is rich in resources of medicinal plants， which are widely used in ethnic medicines because of their remarkable pharmacological activities and safeguard lives and health of people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang and local health services. The ethnic medicines in Xinjiang are harmonious but different and united in diversity. Besides， they also promote each other and develop together， constituting an inseparable and important part of traditional Chinese medicine in China. Among them， Uygur medicine， Kazak medicine， Kirgiz medicine， Tajik medicine， and Tatar medicine are predominant in regional characteristics， but the development of the ethnic medicine industry in Xinjiang is backward. In recent years， Xinjiang ethnic medicines have been reported to possess significant pharmacological activities， which deserve further development and investigation. However， the development of ethnic medicines in Xinjiang has been restricted severely due to the lack of effective inheritance of practice and experience， weak basic research， insufficient brand awareness， resource destruction， etc. This study analyzed the medicinal value， development status， and prospects of Xinjiang ethnic medicines and summarized the problems in the modernization of ethnic medicines in Xinjiang to provide some scientific references for the follow-up development and clinical application of Xinjiang ethnic medicines， aiming to promote the sustainable development of traditional ethnic medicines of China.
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In this paper,the effects of active fractions of Ferula ferulaeoides on the growth and apoptosis of human gastric cancer cell MGC-803 transplantation tumor were systematically studied. The subcutaneous ectopic transplantation tumor model was established in human gastric cancer MGC-803 nude mice by cell suspension implantation method. The anti-tumor rate and organ index were used to evaluate the anti-tumor effect of the active fractions of F. ferulaeoides on the tumor-bearing nude mice. HE staining,TUNEL staining,RT-PCR,Western-blot and ELISA were used for pathological examination,apoptosis observation,and detection of apoptosis-related genes,proteins and cytokines expression. The results showed that as compared with the model group,the low,medium and high doses of the active fraction of F. ferulaeoides had inhibitory effects on xenografts in nude mice,respectively,in a dose-dependent manner; the apoptotic ratio was increased with the increase of drug concentration. As compared with the model group,F. ferulaeoides could down-regulate the expression of survivin mRNA in nude mice,and the protein expression levels of Bax,Bcl-2,caspase-3 and caspase-9 in tumor tissues of nude mice could be increased to different degrees in F. ferulaeoides groups. The contents of IL-10 and TGF-β1 in plasma of nude mice were decreased in high dose group of F. ferulaeoides active fractions. The results indicated that F. ferulaeoides can significantly inhibit the growth of human gastric cancer MGC-803 subcutaneously transplanted tumor,and its mechanism may be related with down-regulating the expression of survivin mRNA,and up-regulating the expression of apoptosis-related proteins Bax,caspase-3 and caspase-9.