Investigation and Study of Compositae Medical Plant Resources in the Laoshan Mountain of Qingdao
Yu Yang
Yang Zhihong
Yuan Lu
Xue Jie
Liu Ming
Zhou San
Abstract：Through the methods of species investigation , specimen identification and literatures retrie-ving, the species and medicinal plants belonging to Compositae family were investigated systematically in the Laoshan Mountain of Qingdao .Their chemical components and medicinal value were also analyzed .The re-sults showed that 145 species of this family were found belonging to 69 genera , accounting for 82 .9%and 88.5%of the total species and genera in Shandong Province , and 6.3%and 29.4%of the total species and genera in China , respectively .Thirty species were new found and not recorded in the Laoshan Flora .Among them, 106 species belonging to 51 genera were of typical medicinal value , which accounted for 42.5% and 21.2%of the total medicinal genera and species number in China; in which, 32 species were recorded in Chinese Pharmacopoeia .The medicinal plants in the Laoshan Mountain had complex chemical components such as volatile oil , flavonoid , polyacetylenes , triterpenoid saponin , lignans and alkaloid , so they were of multiple biological activities .Some suggestions were put forward to protect and utilize these medicinal plants of Compositae family in the Laoshan Mountain .
Keywords：Laoshan MountainCompositaeMedicinal plantResourcesBioactive constituents
Publication Date：2014-08-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 66-70 )