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Siraitia grosvenorii Swingle 罗汉果 (Luo Han Guo)

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Luohanguo, a famous edible herbal medicine, specifically refers to the dried ripe fruit of (Swingle) C. Jeffrey ex A. M. Lu et Z. Y. Zhang (Pharmacopoeia Committee of People’s Republic of China in Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China. China Medical Science and Technology Press, Beijing 2010). It has been used in Chinese folk medicines for more than 300 years. Due to the definite curative effects in treating pertussis, chronic bronchitis, pharyngitis and gastrointestinal diseases, Luohanguo has been recorded in the successive editions of Pharmacopoeia of China since 1977. It is also one of the first varieties listed as both edible and medicinal resources published by the Ministry of Health of China. Furthermore, Luohanguo is one of the traditional export commodities of China and has been sold to more than twenty countries and regions, such as America, Japan, Hong Kong, southeast Asia and so on.

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  1. Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China

    Chun Li

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  1. Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, Beijing, China

    Yanze Liu

  2. Inst. of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

    Zhimin Wang

  3. Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Canada

    Junzeng Zhang

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Li, C. (2015). Siraitia grosvenorii Swingle 罗汉果 (Luo Han Guo). In: Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, J. (eds) Dietary Chinese Herbs. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1_49

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