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REVIEW article

Front. Pharmacol.
Sec. Ethnopharmacology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1366556

Codonopsis radix: A Review of resource utilisation, postharvest processing, quality assessment, and its polysaccharide composition

Provisionally accepted
Wei Laing Wei Laing 1*Jiachen Sun Jiachen Sun 2Gang Bai Gang Bai 1Daiyu Qiu Daiyu Qiu 1Qian Li Qian Li 1Dong Pengbin Dong Pengbin 1Chen Yuan Chen Yuan 1Fengxia Guo Fengxia Guo 1
  • 1 Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
  • 2 Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, China

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    Codonopsis radix is the dried root of C. pilosula (Franch.) Nannf., C. pilosula Nannf. var. modesta (Nannf.) L. T. Shen, or C. tangshen Oliv., constitutes a botanical medicine with a profound historical lineage. It encompasses an array of bioactive constituents, including polyacetylenes, phenylpropanoids, alkaloids, triterpenoids, and polysaccharides, conferring upon it substantial medicinal and edible values. Consequently, it has garnered widespread attention from numerous scholars. In recent years, driven by advancements in modern traditional Chinese medicine, considerable strides have been taken in exploring resources utilization, traditional processing, quality evaluation and polysaccharide research of Codonopsis radix. However, there is a lack of systematic and comprehensive reporting on these research results. This paper provides a summary of recent advances in Codonopsis research, identifies existing issues in Codonopsis studies, and offers insights into future research directions. The aim is to provide insights and literature support for forthcoming investigations into Codonopsis.

    Keywords: Codonopsis Radix, resource utilization, sulfur fumigation, rubbing and sweating, quality evaluation, Polysaccharides

    Received: 06 Jan 2024; Accepted: 28 Mar 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Laing, Sun, Bai, Qiu, Li, Pengbin, Yuan and Guo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Wei Laing, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China

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