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ReviewMycorrhiza2013

Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and active ingredients of medicinal plants: current research status and prospectives.

Yan Zeng, Lan-Ping Guo, Bao-Dong Chen, Zhi-Peng Hao, Ji-Yong Wang, Lu-Qi Huang, Guang Yang, Xiu-Ming Cui, Li Yang, Zhao-Xiang Wu and 2 more

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Review in Mycorrhiza, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
15.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yan ZengChinese Materia Medica Resources Center, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 16 Nanxiaojie, Dongzhimennei, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100700, People's Republic of China.
Lan-Ping Guo
Bao-Dong Chen
Zhi-Peng Hao
Ji-Yong Wang
Lu-Qi Huang
Guang Yang
Xiu-Ming Cui
Li Yang
Zhao-Xiang Wu
Mei-Lan Chen
Yan Zhang
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNChinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNBeijing Normal University · CNChina Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medicinal plants have been used world-wide for thousands of years and are widely recognized as having high healing but minor toxic side effects. The scarcity and increasing demand for medicinal plants and their products have promoted the development of artificial cultivation of medicinal plants. Currently, one of the prominent issues in medicinal cultivation systems is the unstable quality of the products. Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) affects secondary metabolism and the production of active ingredients of medicinal plants and thus influence the quality of herbal medicines. In this review, we have assembled, analyzed, and summarized the effects of AM symbioses on secondary metabolites of medicinal plants. We conclude that symbiosis of AM is conducive to favorable characteristics of medicinal plants, by improving the production and accumulation of important active ingredients of medicinal plants such as terpenes, phenols, and alkaloids, optimizing the composition of different active ingredients in medicinal plants and ultimately improving the quality of herbal materials. We are convinced that the AM symbiosis will benefit the cultivation of medicinal plants and improve the total yield and quality of herbal materials. Through this review, we hope to draw attention to the status and prospects of, and arouse more interest in, the research field of medicinal plants and mycorrhiza.

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SymbiosisFungiMycorrhizaePlant ExtractsPlants, MedicinalPlant Extracts

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PMID23417725
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