Molecules (Jul 2019)

<i>Gastrodia elata</i> Blume Polysaccharides: A Review of Their Acquisition, Analysis, Modification, and Pharmacological Activities

  • Haodong Zhu,
  • Chen Liu,
  • Jinjun Hou,
  • Huali Long,
  • Bing Wang,
  • De’an Guo,
  • Min Lei,
  • Wanying Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24132436
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 13
p. 2436

Abstract

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Gastrodia elata Blume (G. elata) is a valuable Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with a wide range of clinical applications. G. elata polysaccharides, as one of the main active ingredients of G. elata, have interesting extraction, purification, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, derivatization, and pharmacological activity aspects, yet a review of G. elata polysaccharides has not yet been published. Based on this, this article summarizes the progress of G. elata polysaccharides in terms of the above aspects to provide a basis for their further research and development.

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