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Volume 6, Issue 4 (Suppl)
Clin Pharmacol Biopharm, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-065X
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Euro Biopharma & Ethnopharmacology 2017
November 09-11, 2017
&
6
th
International Conference and Exhibition on
November 09-11, 2017 Vienna, Austria
4
th
EUROPEAN BIOPHARMA CONGRESS
PHARMACOLOGY AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Joint Event
Searching for drugs from Vietnamese ethno-medicine plants
Hoang Le Tuan Anh
Mientrung Institute for Scientific Research, Vietnam
V
ietnam is easternmost country in Southeast Asia where the climate changes considerably from place to place due to differences
in latitude. There are two World Natural Heritage Sites (Halong Bay and Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park), and six biosphere
reverses (Can Gio Mangrove Forest, Cat Tien, Cat Ba, Kien Giang, the Red River Delta and Western Nghe An) in Vietnam. We
are one of 25 countries which possess a uniquely high level of Biodiversity. Vietnam is hometown to an estimated 12,000 species
of high-value plants; approximately 3,780 (~ 36%) medicinal plants; and account for approximately 11% of the 35,000 species of
medicinal plants known worldwide. There are 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam with their own characters (language, lifestyle and cultural
heritage). That’s why many ethno-medicine plants are not yet known and are used only by ethnic groups. Until now, hundreds of
Vietnamese medicinal plants were studied such as
Physalis angulata, Cleistanthus indochinensis, Ophiopogon japonicus, Garnoderma
lucidum, Camellia bugiamapensis, Momordica charantia, Hedychium coronarium, Annona glabra, Callisia fragrans, Eurycoma
longifolia, Cudrania tricuspidata, Tacca
species,
Mallotus
species,
Glochidion
species,
Solanum
species,
Trichosanthes
species, etc. A
lot of potential compounds were discovered from Vietnamese medicinal plants such as physalin B, D, F, G; malloapelta B, peaonol,
cleistantoxin, desgalactotigonin, berberin, rotundin, rutin, artemisinin, artesunat, etc. The opportunities to discover new drugs from
Vietnamese ethno-medicine plants with the collaborators worldwide are so big.
hoangletuananh@hotmail.comHoang Le Tuan Anh, Clin Pharmacol Biopharm 2017, 6:4(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-065X-C1-025