Contents
Foreword Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Section 1 Background 2
Section 2 Definition of Medicinal Plant Conservation 10
Section 3 Contents and Approaches of Research on Medicinal Plant Conservation 14
Section 4 Significance of Research on Medicinal Plant Conservation 18
Section 5 Visions 24
Main References 26
Chapter 2 Risks of Loss of Medicinal Plant Species and Their Efficacy 27
Section 1 Medicinal Plant Species and Their Efficacy 28
Section 2 Loss of Medicinal Plant Species and Wild Stock 31
Section 3 Development and Loss of Efficacy 40
Main References 48
Chapter 3 Hypotheses Related to the Origin of Medicinal Plants 51
Section 1 Plants and Medicinal Plants 51
Section 2 Phylogeography and Evolution of Medicinal Plants 66
Section 3 Theories on the Centers of Origin of Medicinal Plants 81
Main References 90
Chapter 4 Principles of Medicinal Plant Conservation 92
Section 1 Principles of Genetics in Medicinal Plant Conservation 93
Section 2 Principles of Ecology in Medicinal Plant Conservation 107
Section 3 Principles of Medicinal Plant Conservation and Domestication 116
Section 4 Principles of Conservation Economics for Medicinal Plants 130
Main References 145
Chapter 5 Techniques of Medicinal Plant Conservation 148
Section 1 Techniques of In situ Preservation of Medicinal Plants 149
Section 2 Techniques of Ex Situ Preservation 153
Section 3 Information Extraction and Preservation Techniques of Medicinal Plants 173
Section 4 Technologies for Screening and Breeding Medicinal Plant Germplasm 189
Section 5 Techniques for Medicinal Plant Resource Restoration 194
Main References 202
Chapter 6 Conservation Strategies and Models for Medicinal Plants 205
Section 1 Analysis of Efficacy Retention in Medicinal Plants 206
Section 2 Strategies for Medicinal Plant Conservation 212
Section 3 Basis for the Formulation of Medicinal Plant Conservation Strategies 218
Section 4 Models of Medicinal Plant Conservation Strategies 228
Section 5 Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Medicinal Plant Conservation 235
Main References 249
Chapter 7 Conservation Case Study: Sophora tonkinensis 251
Section 1 Investigation of and Research on S. tonkinensis Resources 251
Section 2 Seed Breeding Techniques for S. tonkinensis 257
Section 3 Study of Tissue Culture and Breeding Techniques for S. tonkinensis 264
Section 4 Study of the Growth and Developmental Characteristics of S. tonkinensis 269
Section 5 Principles of Accumulation of Medicinal Ingredients in S. tonkinensis 273
Section 6 S. tonkinensis Cultivation Techniques 278
Section 7 Evaluation of the Effects of Conservation 285
Main References 290