Phenotyping elucidates the association between traits and bioactive components in Notopterygium incisum
Ping Chen, Yili Zhang, Xiaoyan Zheng, Jingyao Tang, Qian Tian, Jia He, Lilin Zhang, Shengyou Li, Renlin Zheng, Liangchun Li, Zhikang Tang, Dabin Hou · 2026
Read Phenotyping elucidates the association between traits and bioactive components in Notopterygium incisum by Ping Chen, Yili Zhang, Xiaoyan Zheng, Jingyao Tang, Qian Tian, Jia He, Lilin Zhang, Shengyou Li, Renlin Zheng, Liangchun Li, Zhikang Tang, Dabin Hou (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-13374187.txt.
Description
Ping Chen and others phenotype wild Notopterygium incisum plants to find high-quality medicinal germplasm in a 2026 study. The dried root and rhizome, known as Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix, treats wind-cold headache, rheumatic disease, and osteoarthritis, yet wild harvest depletes stocks and yields unstable quality. Wild plants were measured for traits and active compounds.
Above-ground traits varied widely, with coefficients from about 21 to 56 percent, and reproductive traits from about 35 to 91 percent. Active compounds also varied sharply. Notopterol ranged from 0.02 to 1.27 percent, and isoimperatorin varied just as widely. Plants fell into high, medium, and low quality groups. The work identifies elite plants for conservation and cultivation, so medicine quality need not depend on dwindling wild harvest.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ping Chen, Yili Zhang, Xiaoyan Zheng, Jingyao Tang, Qian Tian, Jia He, Lilin Zhang, Shengyou Li, Renlin Zheng, Liangchun Li, Zhikang Tang, Dabin Hou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |