Profiling on the Invention Patents of Acanthopanax Senticosus / 世界科学技术-中医药现代化

ABSTRACT

A . Senticosus is a common medicinal plants, mainly used parts are the dried roots, rhizomes and stems. Since ancient time, it has been regarded as one of top grade medicabecause of its safety and various medicinal properties. To further the development and utilization, a survey of patent information is very helpful to outline the current status of the drug. In this paper, Espacenetand World Traditional Medcine Patent Database were used to perform patent retrieval. Then the dataset were screened, standardized and analyzes via Python and R. The result indicates that, A . Senticosus, given being used for a long history, has less invention patents application comparing with other TCM drugs. The applications mainly come from China, Korea, Japan, Russia, and USA. The major functions includes systemic protection, anti-toxic agent, and treatments of nervous system, digestive system, metabolic, immune and allergic diseases. As to the compatibility of medicines, it often associated with tonic medicine, especially Buqi medicine.