The Isolated Plant Stem Cell Representatives by PIPSCI
Over the past 10 years, PIPSCI has successfully isolated the living undifferentiated stem cells of more than 20 kinds of plants, covering all major categories such as woody plants, herbaceous plants and grasses, and preserved their genetic material, among which the typical representatives are as follows:
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Panax ginseng
As a kind of precious traditional Chinese medicine growing naturally in the primeval forest, wild ginseng has abundant medicinal value. According to “Shen Nong's Herbal Classic” and “Compendium of Materia Medica”, wild ginseng has the functions of replenish strength, supply vital force, invigorate spleen, benefit lung, generate saliva, stop cough, soothe nerves and benefits the kidney. Moreover, wild ginseng can protect liver, inhibits tumors, regulate blood pressure and lower blood lipids. In particular, the rare ginsenosides extracted from wild ginseng, such as Rh2, Rg3 and Rg5, have been widely used in assisting cancer treatment, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and other diseases.
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Taxus cuspidata
Taxus cuspidata, known as the “panda” among plants, is an ancient and rare wild plant left by quaternary glaciers. Due to the slow growth rate and poor regeneration ability of taxus cuspidata under natural conditions, a large-scale taxus cuspidata forest has not been formed in the world for a long time. Taxus cuspidata is full of treasure, its skin, roots, leaves, fruits have very good effects, can fight cancer, enhance immunity, and generate saliva, etc. Particularly, the effective component of paclitaxel extracted from it is usually made into anti-cancer clinical drugs, and paclitaxel is in short supply all over the world every year.
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Gingko biloba
Ginkgo, also known as the white fruit tree, is a kind of very long history plant with slow growth and extremely long life. The earliest ginkgo appeared in a few hundred million years ago, so ginkgo has the reputation of living fossil. As a plant with high medicinal value, ginkgo can prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, reduce blood viscosity and promote blood circulation; improve cognitive dysfunction in the brain, such as activating brain cells, increasing memory and alleviating alzheimer's disease; also improve early diabetes and stop cough, etc. Furthermore, ginkgo has very strong beauty function, it is able to clear free radical to prevent wrinkling, and plays a role in whitening to reduce freckles.
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Solanum lycopersicum
Tomato is a kind of common plant with special flavor, which is native to South America and widely cultivated in south and north of China. Tomato fruit is rich in nutrition value, and its main nutrition is vitamin. The highest content of nutrition ingredient is lycopene, which has unique antioxidant capacity to remove free radicals in the body that cause aging and diseases, and prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular disease, pancreatic cancer and other cancers. Tomato also contains a lot of vitamin P, it can reduce the permeability of capillaries, thereby reducing blood pressure and blood fat, meanwhile, it has a certain effect in the prevention of cancer, adjuvant treatment of cancer, treatment of hepatitis and other aspects.
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Artemisia argyi
Artemisia argyi, is a common herbaceous perennial and subshrubs in the wild, with fragrant smell and bitter taste. Artemisia argyi is the most commonly used medicine by doctors, which is used in making important anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, and hemostatic drugs. And also, it has been proved by modern experimental research that it has the functions of antibacterial and antivirus, mosquito and insect repellent, antitussive and expectorant.
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