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 resourceregeneration and production of active polysaccharides, but its material basis and pharmacological activity still need to be further studied.