HUBEI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES ›› 2019, Vol. 58 ›› Issue (15): 5-8.doi: 10.14088/j.cnki.issn0439-8114.2019.15.001

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Research progress of selenium-riched medicinal and edible plants

YAO Yi-wei1, HE Mei-jun2, YANG Meng1, XU Jing3, GUO Kun-yuan2, WU Bin1   

  1. 1.Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100193, China;
    2.Institute of Chinese Medicinal Materials, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Enshi 445000, Hubei, China;
    3.Plant Tissue Culture Technology Laboratory of Haidian District in Beijing, Beijing 100091, China
  • Received:2018-10-18 Published:2019-11-13

Abstract: As one of the necessary trace elements in human body, selenium has many preventive and health functions, such as antioxidant, anti-aging, improving human immunity and so on. Selenium-rich products are more and more popular.The cultivation of selenium-rich medicinal and edible plants is of great significance for the further development of selenium-rich functional food and for people's nutrition and health care. The present situation of selenium enrichment in medicinal and edible plants are systematically introduced, and its existing problems and shortcomings are pointed out, and a prospect is given.

Key words: selenium-enrich, medicinal and edible plant, research progress

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