Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0412
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2167-0412
+44 1300 500008
Ying WANG
South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA
Keynote: Med Aromat Plants
Epimedium, also known as Horny Goat Weed or Ying Yang Huo, has been extensively used as traditional medicinal plant in China for more than 2000 years. In the last decade, although Epimedium studies have focused on the extraction and medicinal function of the bioactive compounds such as epimedin A, epimedin B, epimedin C, and icariin, little is known about the potential molecular mechanism for the biosynthesis and regulation of these bioactive compounds in Epimedium. Genetic and phytochemical diversity of wild medicinal materials will be presented. Structural genes and regulatory genes involved in Epimedium flavonoid pathway were studied. Moreover, several key genes have been functionally characterized, including GTs, OMTs and PTs. The synthetic pathway of icariin was successfully identified, and icariin can be synthesized in transgenic yeast cells. The quality control of Epimedium will also be discussed for wild plant materials, cultivated plant materials and synthesized compounds.
Dr. Ying Wang was awarded PhD degree in 2002 in Clemson University in US, then work as a postdoc in Cornell University for 3 years. She has been a faculty member at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCBG-CAS) since 2015 after working at Wuhan Botanical Garden for about 10 years. She has been working on genetics and genomics of Chinese medicinal plants, especially biosynthesis and regulation of secondary metabolites. She has published 162 papers and 10 patents.
E-mail: yingwang@scib.ac.cn