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3. Research and utilization of medicinal insects in China

Author

Min Zhao, Ying Feng, Zhao He, Long Sun, and Zhiyong Chen

Subjects
business.industry, Insect Science, fungi, Biology, business, China, Biotechnology
Abstract

The research and utilization of medicinal insects in China is introduced briefly in this paper. Medicinal insects have been used to treat human diseases from ancient times. There are approximately 300 medicinal insects species distributed in 70 genera, 63 families and 14 orders at present. An estimated 1700 traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions include medicinal insects or insect-derived crude drugs. Many insect-derived compounds have been studied and show efficient therapeutic functions. Techniques for mass rearing and cultivation of medicinal insects have been developed in order to have sufficient quantities of medicinal insects. Suggestions are made towards the uses of medicinal insects and it is proposed that insects will be a main resource for the future discovery of new drugs.

Published
2009

4. Research and utilization of medicinal insects in China.

Author

Ying Feng, Min Zhao, Zhao He, Zhiyong Chen, and Long Sun

Subjects
*PHARMACY research, *INSECTS, *TRADITIONAL medicine, *CHINESE medicine, *THERAPEUTICS
Abstract

The research and utilization of medicinal insects in China is introduced briefly in this paper. Medicinal insects have been used to treat human diseases from ancient times. There are approximately 300 medicinal insects species distributed in 70 genera, 63 families and 14 orders at present. An estimated 1700 traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions include medicinal insects or insect-derived crude drugs. Many insect-derived compounds have been studied and show efficient therapeutic functions. Techniques for mass rearing and cultivation of medicinal insects have been developed in order to have sufficient quantities of medicinal insects. Suggestions are made towards the uses of medicinal insects and it is proposed that insects will be a main resource for the future discovery of new drugs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009
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