2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigation of plant breeding for Ephedra species
| Project/Area Number |
16K18894
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Natural medicines
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | マオウ / 育種 / エフェドリン / 栽培 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This research aims to grow a new breed and to develop a quality evaluation method of Ephedra species which is required to cultivate domestic. In plant breeding, we successfully produce two types through breed E. sinica and E. likiangensis; one contains high total alkaloids, the other does not contain them. This is a first attempt to breed Ephedra species and it suggests a possible way to control the amount of components. In addition we revealed a correlation between total alkaloids and total tannin contents which is useful to evaluate a quality of Ephedra species not including alkaloids.
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| Free Research Field |
薬用植物学
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