Project's information

Project's title Building a database for scientific research, conservation and sustainable development of medicinal resources in Cao Bang province
Project’s code UNDP.02/2022-2023
Research hosting institution Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources
Coordinating unit, co-chair People's Committee of Cao Bang province
Project leader’s name Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong
Project duration 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2023
Project’s budget 300 million VND
Classify Excellent
Goal and objectives of the project

- Building a database of plant resources in Cao Bang province for conservation and sustainable development.
- Building a database of medicinal plant species in Cao Bang province with informative taxonomy, current conservation status, and medicinal usage.
- Proposing some solutions for conservation and sustainable development of medicinal plant resources in Cao Bang province.

Main results

- Theoretical results:
+ Built a digital database of 992 medicinal plant species belonging to 616 genera and 175 plant families in Cao Bang province and managed with Microsoft Access. 
+ Published Atlas including photos and informative scientific names, Vietnamese names, identifying characteristics, and medicinal uses of 100 medicinal plants; information about the medicinal uses of 992 medicinal plant species in Cao Bang province is attached.
+ Proposed solutions for sustainable development of medicinal resources in Cao Bang province: Building a list of 72 endemic and rare species, including 47 species in the Vietnam Red Data Book (2007); For species in the Vietnam Red Data Book, 11 species are proposed for conservation priority (Vù hương - Cinnamomum parthenoxylon (Jack) Meisn., Thổ hoàng liên lá thuôn - Thalictrum ichangensis Lecoyer ex Oliv., Kim tuyến - Anoectochilus setaceus Blume, Ngọc vạn vàng - Dendrobium chrysanthum Lindl., Thạch hộc cựa dài - Dendrobium longicornu Lindl., Thanh thiên quỳ - Nervilia fordii (Hance) Schlechter, Thạch hộc - Dendrobium nobile Lindl., Tế tân nam - Asarum balansae Franch., Nghiến - Excentrodendron tonkinense (Gagnep.) Chang & Miau, Pơ mu - Fokienia hodginsii (Dunn) A.Henry & H H.Thomas, Bát giác liên - Podophyllum tonkinense Gagnep.). 14 specific measures are proposed for the conservation and development of endemic and rare medicinal plants; Proposing a comprehensive and reasonable combination diagram for the conservation and development of medicinal plants in Cao Bang province.
- Applied results:
+ The results of the project can be applied to look up medicinal plants in Cao Bang province, helping to disseminate knowledge widely and effectively to scientists on medicinal materials and plant diversity.

Novelty and actuality and scientific meaningfulness of the results

- Atlas of medicinal plants in Cao Bang province.
- Built a digital database of 992 vascular plant species with medicinal potential which was built and managed on Microsoft Access

Products of the project

- Scientific papers in referred journals (list):
+ Published 01 article related to the project content in Scopus magazine
Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, Tran Van Hai, Le Ngoc Han, Tran Duc Binh, Do Van Hai, Bui Hong Quang, Duong Thi Hoan, Vu Anh Thuong, Vu Thi Dung, Bui Thu Ha, Tran The Bach. 2023. Medicinal plants as food for animals and humans in Cao Bang province, Vietnam: Establishing a list and proposing some solutions to contribute to the development of such medicinal plant species. J Popul Ther Clin Pharmacol, 30(2): e59–e66, doi: 10.47750/jptcp.2023.1978. 
+ Published 01 in an international magazine
Huong Thi Thanh Nguyen, Han Ngoc Le, Ha Thu Bui and Bach Tran The. 2023. Medicinal flowering plants in Cao Bang province, Vietnam: The diversity and medical uses. GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 23(1): 240–248, doi: 10.30574/gscbps.2023.23.1.0171.
+ Atlas of medicinal plants in Cao Bang province (Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong editor)
- Patents (list):
- Technological products (describe in details: technical characteristics, place):
- Other products (if applicable):
+ A digital database of 992 species of vascular plants with medicinal potential in Cao Bang province was built and managed on Microsoft Access.
+ Proposed solutions for the conservation and sustainable development of some rare medicinal plant species distributed in Cao Bang belong to the endangered list specified in the Vietnam Red Book.

Images of project
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