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Current Status and Problem-Solving Strategies for Ginseng Industry

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Ginseng is a plant in the family Araliaceae and the genus Panax with the formal name of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer and the treasure of traditional herbal medicine resources as the “king of herbs”. Ginseng has been traditionally used for over 2,000 years in Asian countries, especially in China and Republic of Korea. During the ginseng industry chain, the cultivation in farmland and seed breeding are important for sustainable development of ginseng resources. Active components in ginseng including ginsenosides, polysaccharides, phenolic compound and their therapeutic benefits for multiple diseases are being studied. This paper aimed to review current research status and problem-solving strategies for each step of ginseng industry, including ginseng growing cultivation and seed resources, basic and clinical studies as well as comparison of ginseng industry between China and Republic of Korea, hoping to provide a reference for research direction and future development of ginseng industry.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Active Substances and Biological Mechanisms of Ginseng Efficacy, Ministry of Education; Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Bio-macromolecules of Chinese Medicine; Jilin Ginseng Academy, Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130117, China

    Xiang-yan Li & Da-qing Zhao

  2. Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Affiliated Hospital to Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, 130021, China

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Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2017YFC1702100), and the Science and Technology Development Plan Project of Jilin Province (No. 20190101010JH)

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Li, Xy., Sun, Lw. & Zhao, Dq. Current Status and Problem-Solving Strategies for Ginseng Industry. Chin. J. Integr. Med. 25, 883–886 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-019-3046-2

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