Biology:Drynaria roosii

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Drynaria roosii
Gu-sui-bu
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Drynaria
Species:
D. roosii
Binomial name
Drynaria roosii
Nakaike
Synonyms
  • Drynaria fortunei (Kunze) J. Smith
  • Polypodium fortunei Kunze ex Mett.

Drynaria roosii, commonly known as gu-sui-bu, is a species of basket fern of the family Polypodiaceae. The plant is native to Eastern Asia, including eastern China .

It is used in traditional Chinese medicine. This species is also more frequently cited by Asian studies by its synonym, Drynaria fortunei.[1]

Description

Drynaria roosii is an epiphytic (growing on trees) or epipetric (growing on rocks) plant. Like other species of Drynaria, they possess two frond types – a fertile foliage frond and a sterile nest frond.[2][3]

Sterile nest fronds are rounded shallowly-lobed reddish-brown fronds overlapping each other. They bear no sori and form a 'basket' characteristic of the genus. The fertile fronds are larger and deeply lobed. They bear 1 to 3 sori arranged on both sides of the central rib.[2][3][4]

Medicinal uses

Preparations from the rhizomes of Drynaria roosii is used in traditional herbal medicine for aiding in the healing of bone fractures and for treating rheumatoid arthritis.[2][5]

Pharmacological study

Modern studies of Drynaria roosii have identified in vitro effects on isolated bone cells.[6]

Flavan-3-ols and propelargonidins can be isolated from the rhizomes.[7]

Nomenclature

Vernacular names

Drynaria roosii is known as Gu-Sui-Bu (骨碎補) in Chinese (English: "mender of shattered bones").[8] A reference to its use in traditional Chinese medicine for healing broken bones.[5]

Other common names in Chinese include Mao-chiang ('hairy ginger'), shih-pan chiang ('stony plate ginger'), wang-chiang, shih-chiang, hou-chiang ('monkey ginger'), p'a shan hu (mountain-climbing tiger), feng chiang, p-yen chiang, hou-sheng chiang, and hou chueh.[2]

It is also known as Gol-Se-Bo in Korean and Cốt toái bổ in Vietnamese.[5][9]

Classification

Drynaria roosii is classified under the genus Drynaria (basket ferns) of the family Polypodiaceae.[10][11] It is more frequently cited by Asian authors by its synonym Drynaria fortunei.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Stuart Lindsay; David J. Middleton; Thaweesakdi Boonkerd; Somran Suddee (2009). "Towards a stable nomenclature for Thai ferns". Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) (37): 64–106. Archived from the original on March 16, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120316105228/http://web3.dnp.go.th/botany/PDF/TFB/TFB37/TFB37_8.pdf. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 A barefoot doctor's manual: a concise edition of the classic work of eastern herbal medicine. Running Press. 2002. p. 367. ISBN 978-0-7624-1250-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=cc-8OcIgkeQC&lpg=PP1&hl=en&pg=PA367#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Robert Lee Riffle (1998). The tropical look: an encyclopedia of dramatic landscape plants. Timber Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-88192-422-0. https://books.google.com/books?id=nrlPe2i98HEC&lpg=PP1&hl=en&pg=PA152#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  4. William Jackson Hooker (1864). Species filicum. William Pamplin. p. 95. https://books.google.com/books?id=-XH1TlpK7c4C&hl=en&pg=PA95#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Eun-Kyung Jung (2007). "Antimicrobial Activity of Extract and Fractions from Drynaria fortunei Against Oral Bacteria". Journal of Bacteriology and Virology 37 (2): 61–68. doi:10.4167/jbv.2007.37.2.61. http://synapse.koreamed.org/Synapse/Data/PDFData/0079JBV/jbv-37-61.pdf. Retrieved July 28, 2011. 
  6. Jui-Sheng Sun; Chun-Yu Lin; Guo-Chung Dong; Shiow-Yunn Sheu; Feng-Huei Lin; Li-Ting Chen; Yng-Jiin Wang (2002). "The effect of Gu-Sui-Bu (Drynaria fortunei J.Sm) on bone cell activities". Biomaterials (Elsevier) 23 (2002): 3377–3385. doi:10.1016/s0142-9612(02)00038-8. http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/127994/1/27.pdf. Retrieved July 28, 2011. 
  7. Proliferative effects of flavan-3-ols and propelargonidins from rhizomes of Drynaria fortunei on MCF-7 and osteoblastic cells. Eun Ju Chang, Won Jung Lee, Sung Hee Cho and Sang Won Choi, Archives of Pharmacal Research, August 2003, Volume 26, Issue 8, pages 620-630, doi:10.1007/BF02976711
  8. Christopher Hobbs; Kathi Keville (2007). Women's Herbs, Women's Health. Book Publishing Company. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-57067-152-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=BvZX0ws63qUC&lpg=PP1&hl=en&pg=PA287#v=onepage&q&f=false. 
  9. Nguyễn Đức Quang (December 1, 2009). "Cốt toái bổ - Bổ thận chắc răng" (in Vietnamese). Phuongkhuongmai.gov.vn. Archived from the original on March 28, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120328061132/http://www.phuongkhuongmai.gov.vn/NewDetail.asp?ID=83&IDL=228&IDD=3953. Retrieved July 28, 2011. 
  10. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Drynaria (Bory) J. Sm. | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?4007 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = July 27, 2011 }}
  11. "Drynaria". The Plant List v1.0. 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/P/Polypodiaceae/Drynaria/. Retrieved July 27, 2011. 

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