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SUBMITTER: Yik MH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7829813 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yik Mavis Hong-Yu MH Kong Bobby Lim-Ho BL Siu Tin-Yan TY Lau David Tai-Wai DT Cao Hui H Shaw Pang-Chui PC
Plants (Basel, Switzerland) 20210115 1
Chinese herbal tea, also known as Liang Cha or cooling beverage, is popular in South China. It is regarded as a quick-fix remedy to relieve minor health problems. <i>Hedyotis diffusa</i> Willd. (colloquially Baihuasheshecao) is a common ingredient of cooling beverages. <i>H. diffusa</i> is also used to treat cancer and bacterial infections. Owing to the high demand for <i>H. diffusa</i>, two common adulterants, <i>Hedyotis brachypoda</i> (DC.) Sivar and Biju (colloquially Nidingjingcao) and <i>H ...[more]