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Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and active ingredients of medicinal plants: current research status and prospectives

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Medicinal plants have been used world-wide for thousands of years and are widely recognized as having high healing but minor toxic side effects. The scarcity and increasing demand for medicinal plants and their products have promoted the development of artificial cultivation of medicinal plants. Currently, one of the prominent issues in medicinal cultivation systems is the unstable quality of the products. Arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) affects secondary metabolism and the production of active ingredients of medicinal plants and thus influence the quality of herbal medicines. In this review, we have assembled, analyzed, and summarized the effects of AM symbioses on secondary metabolites of medicinal plants. We conclude that symbiosis of AM is conducive to favorable characteristics of medicinal plants, by improving the production and accumulation of important active ingredients of medicinal plants such as terpenes, phenols, and alkaloids, optimizing the composition of different active ingredients in medicinal plants and ultimately improving the quality of herbal materials. We are convinced that the AM symbiosis will benefit the cultivation of medicinal plants and improve the total yield and quality of herbal materials. Through this review, we hope to draw attention to the status and prospects of, and arouse more interest in, the research field of medicinal plants and mycorrhiza.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (81130070, 81072989, and 41101245), Special Industry Research Project by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (201107009), International Technical Cooperation Project (2009DFA31660), Project of Science and Technology Plan of Yunnan Province (2008IF025-4) and Research Project of Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences of China (ZZ20090302).

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  1. Chinese Materia Medica Resources Center, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, No. 16 Nanxiaojie, Dongzhimennei, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100700, People’s Republic of China

    Yan Zeng, Lan-Ping Guo, Lu-Qi Huang, Mei-Lan Chen & Yan Zhang

  2. Soil Ecology and Ecosystem Restoration, State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 18 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100085, People’s Republic of China

    Bao-Dong Chen, Zhi-Peng Hao & Zhao-Xiang Wu

  3. State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Beijing Normal University, No. 19 New Street Outside Street, Haidian District, Beijing, 100875, People’s Republic of China

    Yan Zeng & Guang Yang

  4. Sanqi (Panax notoginseng) Academy of Sciences, No. 99 Shaba North Road, Kaihua Town, Wenshan County, Yunnan, 663000, People’s Republic of China

    Xiu-Ming Cui & Li Yang

  5. China National Corp. of Traditional & Herbal Medicine, No. 15 East Mansion, Xisihuannorth Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100195, People’s Republic of China

    Yan Zeng & Ji-Yong Wang

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Zeng, Y., Guo, LP., Chen, BD. et al. Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis and active ingredients of medicinal plants: current research status and prospectives. Mycorrhiza 23, 253–265 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-013-0484-0

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