Optimizing Growth Conditions for Digoxin Production in Digitalis lanata Ehrh
- Herman A. van Wietmarschen
- Hansjörg Hagels
- Ron Peters
- Jolanda Heistek
- Jan van der Greef
- Mei Wang
Publication date
August 2016
DOI Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications ISSN
2311-8571 Journal
issn:2311-8571Abstract
Objective: Digoxin is a therapeutic cardenolide widely used to treat various heart conditions such as atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation and heart failure in both Western as well as Chinese medicine. Digoxin is extracted from cultivated Digitalis lanata Ehrh. plants, known as Mao Hua Yang Di Huang in Chinese medicine. This manuscript presents two studies that were conducted to optimize the cultivation conditions for digoxin production in the TCM Mao Hua Yan Di Huang in a greenhouse under GAP conditions
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