Research and application of Dendrobium officinale protocorm/protocorm-like bodies / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: To review the research progress of Dendrobium officinale protocorni/protocorm-like bodies according to relevant references at home and abroad in recent len years, and to explore its development prospect. METHODS: Based on the searched literatures, the research progress in the aspects of culture techniques, chemical constituents and pharmacological effects were summarized. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: There had been a lot of researches on D. officinale protocorm/PLBs culture techniques, and D. officinale protocorm/PLBs could be used for resource regeneration and production of active polysaccharides, but its material basis and pharmacological activity still need to be further studied.