Dendrobium

Names and Synonyms

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Flickingeria
• Leioanthum
• Bolbodium
• Thelychiton
• × Vappaculum
• Bouletia
• Winika
• Amblyanthe
• Epigeneium
• Aporum
• Aclinia
• Goldschmidtia
• Australorchis
• Latourorchis
• Froscula
• Keranthus
• Cadetia
• Eriopexis
• Kinetochilus
• Microphytanthe
• Inobulbon
• Cannaeorchis
• Monanthos
• Herpetophytum
• Ceraia
• Euphlebium
• Conostalix
• Gersinia
• Stachyobium
• Coelandria
• Dolichocentrum
• Tetrodon
• Sarcocadetia
• Grastidium
• Dockrillia
• Tetrabaculum
• Pedilonum
• Ditulima
• Thicuania
• Ormostema
• Diplocaulobium
• Aporopsis
• Stilbophyllum
• Dichopus
• Schismoceras
• Ephemerantha
• Vappodes
• Sayeria
• Endeisa
• Chromatotriccum
• Davejonesia
• Macrostomium
• Ceratobium
• Hibiscorchis
• Dendrobates
• Tropilis
• Cepobaculum
• Trachyrhizum
• Distichorchis
• × Dockrilobium
• Durabaculum
• Abaxianthus
• Exochanthus
• Oxyglossellum
• Eleutheroglossum
• Maccraithea
• Eurycaulis
• Orthoglottis

Regional and Traditional Names

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta, falling under the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae. It is classified within the order Asparagales and the family Orchidaceae. Specifically, it is identified by the genus Dendrobium.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant exhibits a wide geographical distribution across several distinct regions. In the Western Indian Ocean, its presence is noted specifically in the Seychelles. Within China, it can be found throughout the South-Central areas. The species also inhabits the tropical landscapes of Hainan. Finally, its range extends to the North-Central and Southeast regions of China.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Plant Parts

Dendrobium has 4 reported plant parts identified across 14 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include stem, leaf, flower, root.

Stem

1. International journal of biological macromolecules
2. Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
3. Royal Society open science
4. Planta medica
5. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Leaf

1. International journal of biological macromolecules
2. Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica

Flower

1. Heliyon

Root

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Chemicals

Dendrobium has 27 reported phytochemicals identified across 14 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Dendrobine, Flavonoids, Phenols, Lignans, Phenanthrenes.

Dendrobine

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
2. Frontiers in plant science
3. Frontiers in pharmacology
4. Frontiers in microbiology

Flavonoids

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
3. Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry

Phenols

1. Natural products and bioprospecting
2. International journal of molecular sciences
3. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Lignans

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology
2. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Phenanthrenes

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
2. Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry

Steroids

1. Natural products and bioprospecting
2. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Anthocyanins

1. Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry

BIBENZYL

1. Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica

Carotenoids

1. Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry

Coumarins

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Activities

Dendrobium has 20 reported activities identified across 14 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant, Neuroprotective, Anticancer, Analgesic, Antiaging.

Antioxidant

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
2. Environmental science and pollution research international
3. Applied microbiology and biotechnology
4. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
5. Natural products and bioprospecting

Neuroprotective

1. Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
2. Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology
3. Aging and disease
4. Applied microbiology and biotechnology
5. Frontiers in plant science

Anticancer

1. Aging and disease
2. Applied microbiology and biotechnology

Analgesic

1. Aging and disease

Antiaging

1. Natural products and bioprospecting

Antiangiogenic

1. Applied microbiology and biotechnology

Antibacterial

1. Applied microbiology and biotechnology

Antidiabetic

1. Applied microbiology and biotechnology

Antifungal

1. Applied microbiology and biotechnology

Antiherpetic

1. Applied microbiology and biotechnology

Conditions

Dendrobium has 34 reported investigations on conditions identified across 14 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include inflammation, antidiabetic, immunity, stomach, type 2 diabetes.

Inflammation

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
2. Zhongguo ying yong sheng li xue za zhi = Zhongguo yingyong shenglixue zazhi = Chinese journal of applied physiology
3. Current topics in medicinal chemistry
4. Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry

Antidiabetic

1. Applied microbiology and biotechnology
2. Current topics in medicinal chemistry

Immunity

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
2. Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy

Stomach

1. Aging and disease
2. PloS one

Type 2 diabetes

1. Nutrients
2. Chinese medicine

Adipogenesis

1. Nutrients

Angiogenesis

1. Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica

Antimalarial

1. Applied microbiology and biotechnology

Arthritis

1. Current topics in medicinal chemistry

Bacterial infections

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Preparations

Dendrobium has 12 reported preparations identified across 14 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include Shihu, Dendrobium extract, Dendrobium polysaccharides, Dendrobium tonic, Herba Dendrobii.

Shihu

1. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
2. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Dendrobium extract

1. Signal transduction and targeted therapy

Dendrobium polysaccharides

1. Nature communications

Dendrobium tonic

1. Aging and disease

Herba dendrobii

1. Journal of biochemical and biophysical methods

Herba dendrobii (shihu)

1. Planta medica

Aqueous extracts

1. Journal of ethnopharmacology

Commercial crude drugs

1. Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica

Dried

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Fresh

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica