Apocynum venetum, a medicinal, economical and ecological plant: a review update

Tian Xiang; Longjiang Wu; Murtala Bindawa Isah; Chen Chen; Xiaoying Zhang

doi:10.7717/peerj.14966

Apocynum venetum, a medicinal, economical and ecological plant: a review update

PeerJ. 2023 Mar 7:11:e14966. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14966. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Tian Xiang¹, Longjiang Wu¹, Murtala Bindawa Isah^{2

3}, Chen Chen¹, Xiaoying Zhang^{1

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Chinese-German Joint Laboratory for Natural Product Research, Qinba State Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
² Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Umaru Musa Yar'adua University Katsina, Katsina, Nigeria.
³ Biomedical Research and Training Centre, Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria.
⁴ Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Department of Biology, Campus de Gualtar, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.

Abstract

Apocynum venetum L. is an important medicinal perennial rhizome plant with good ecological and economic value. Its leaves have many pharmacological effects such as anti-inflammatory, anti-depression, anti-anxiolytic, etc., while its fibers have the title of "king of wild fibers". Furthermore, it was suitable for the restoration of degraded saline soil in arid areas. An increasing studies have been published in the past years. A scientometric analysis was used to analyze the publications of Apocynum venetum L. to clearly review the pharmacology, fiber application of Apocynum venetum L. and the potential value with its similar species (Apocynum pictum Schrenk) to the environment.

Keywords: Apocynum venetum L; CiteSpace; Fibrous plant; Medicinal plant.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Apocynum*
Plant Leaves
Rhizome

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Incubation Project on State Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment of Qinba Areas (SLGPT2019KF04-04), China. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.