Running out of time to smell the roseroots: Reviewing threats and trade in wild Rhodiola rosea L.
Running out of time to smell the roseroots: Reviewing threats and trade in wild Rhodiola rosea L.
- Journal of EthnoPharmacology, 269, p.113710, 2021 .
Rhodiola rosea L. has a circumpolar distribution and is used in ethnomedicines of Arctic peoples, as well as in national systems of traditional medicine. Since the late 20th century, global demand for R. rosea has increased steadily, in part due to clinical research supporting new uses in modern phytotherapy. Global supply has been largely obtained from wild populations, which face threats from poorly regulated and destructive exploitation of the rootstocks on an industrial scale.
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
CONSERVATION
POACHING
RHODIOLA ROSEA
SEDUM ROSEUM
Rhodiola rosea L. has a circumpolar distribution and is used in ethnomedicines of Arctic peoples, as well as in national systems of traditional medicine. Since the late 20th century, global demand for R. rosea has increased steadily, in part due to clinical research supporting new uses in modern phytotherapy. Global supply has been largely obtained from wild populations, which face threats from poorly regulated and destructive exploitation of the rootstocks on an industrial scale.
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
CONSERVATION
POACHING
RHODIOLA ROSEA
SEDUM ROSEUM