Advances in Peucedani Radix and its adulterants and substitutes in Chinese materia medica identification / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Peucedanum praeruptorum is a traditional Chinese medicine, which has been recorded in Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Phytochemical studies have shown that the active ingredients of P. praeruptorum can treat anemopyretic cold and cough with abundance of phlegm. Furthermore, the herb is well-known for the treatment of respiratory diseases as well as pulmonary hypertension, and shows great medical values involved in cardiovascular diseases, especially. This paper shows several research achievements involved in plant resources and its adulterants and substitutes identification based on pertinent literatures. DNA barcoding technology shows strong discriminability for medicinal plant and medicinal materials identification of Peucedani Radix. In this paper, recent research advances for identificating Peucedani Radix adulterants and substitutes were elaborated based on modern molecular biotechnology and traditional identification method, merits and drawbacks and practicability of each method are summarized at the same time. The main purpose is to provide new research ideas and solutions for rapid, reliable, and accurate identification of Peucedani Radix.