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  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,948 Views
23 Pages

Bioactive Components, Pharmacological Properties, and Applications of Cistanche deserticola Y. C. Ma: A Comprehensive Review

  • Xiaofeng Liu,
  • Zichao Yang,
  • Minjun Han,
  • Yao Zhang,
  • Hussain Muhammad,
  • Hao Zhong and
  • Rongfa Guan

29 April 2025

Cistanche deserticola Y. C. Ma (C. deserticola), a holoparasitic desert plant traditionally revered as “desert ginseng”, has emerged as a versatile resource with significant applications in both medicinal and dietary contexts. This comprehensive revi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,278 Views
10 Pages

Cistanche deserticola Y. C. Ma, a precious parasitic medicinal herb distributed in desert areas in the Northwest of China, also known as “desert ginseng”, has been used in China for thousands of years for its nourishing effects. The phenylethanoid gl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,877 Views
9 Pages

10 July 2012

Following a constituent enrichment step on a silica gel column, four phenyl-ethanoid glycosides were successfully isolated from Cistanches deserticola and purified by preparative high-speed counter-current chromatography (HSCCC) with a two-phase solv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,969 Views
18 Pages

Effects of Cistanche deserticola Y.C. Ma Supplementation on Muscle Strength and Recovery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Biaoxu Tao,
  • Weihao Lian,
  • Rongrong Min,
  • Xiaoyu Zhang,
  • Liqi Chen,
  • Sun Hao,
  • Ze Li,
  • Chengzhe Ma,
  • Haojie Zhang and
  • Chang Liu

16 September 2025

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of Cistanche deserticola Y.C. Ma (CD) supplementation on muscle strength and recovery in individuals with and without resistance training experience. Methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,961 Views
17 Pages

Throughout human history, wild plant resources have played an invaluable role, serving as critical sources of food, medicine, and industrial materials. This study examined the callus cultures of Cistanche deserticola Y.C. Ma, a medicinal desert plant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,375 Views
19 Pages

Combined Metabolome and Transcriptome Analysis Highlights the Host’s Influence on Cistanche deserticola Metabolite Accumulation

  • Ru Feng,
  • Hongshuang Wei,
  • Rong Xu,
  • Sai Liu,
  • Jianhe Wei,
  • Kun Guo,
  • Haili Qiao and
  • Changqing Xu

The medicinal plant Cistanche deserticola Ma (Orobanchaceae) is a holoparasitic angiosperm that takes life-essential materials from Haloxylon ammodendron (C. A. Mey.) Bunge (Amaranthaceae) roots. Although many experiments have been conducted to impro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,209 Views
21 Pages

20 November 2017

In this study, a sensitive ultra-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array coupled to quadruple time-of-flight mass (UPLC-PDA-Q/TOF-MS) method and a 1,1-diphenyl-2- picrylhydrazyl (DPPH)-based assay were used to determine the chemical consti...

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  • Open Access
816 Views
14 Pages

Effects of Exogenous Phenolic Acids on Haustorium Induction of Cistanche deserticola Seeds Based on Host Metabolome Data

  • Shixin Tan,
  • Xiuli He,
  • Ru Feng,
  • Liang Shen,
  • Qingyun Pang,
  • Rong Xu,
  • Sai Liu and
  • Changqing Xu

Cistanche deserticola, a holoparasitic plant widely used in traditional Chinese medicine, relies on chemical signals from its host plant, Haloxylon ammodendron, to initiate seed germination and haustorium induction. This study employed UPLC-MS/MS to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,395 Views
13 Pages

12 April 2020

This study is targeted at evaluating whether C. deserticola addition promotes digestion, nitrogen and energy use, and methane production of sheep fed on fresh forage from alfalfa/tall fescue pastures. The sheep feeding trial was conducted with four a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,293 Views
13 Pages

Two Congeneric Shrubs from the Atacama Desert Show Different Physiological Strategies That Improve Water Use Efficiency under a Simulated Heat Wave

  • Enrique Ostria-Gallardo,
  • Estrella Zúñiga-Contreras,
  • Danny E. Carvajal,
  • Teodoro Coba de La Peña,
  • Ernesto Gianoli and
  • Luisa Bascuñán-Godoy

28 June 2023

Desert shrubs are keystone species for plant diversity and ecosystem function. Atriplex clivicola and Atriplex deserticola (Amaranthaceae) are native shrubs from the Atacama Desert that show contrasting altitudinal distribution (A. clivicola: 0&ndash...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,886 Views
23 Pages

Assessing Habitat Suitability of Parasitic Plant Cistanche deserticola in Northwest China under Future Climate Scenarios

  • Jing Liu,
  • Yang Yang,
  • Haiyan Wei,
  • Quanzhong Zhang,
  • Xuhui Zhang,
  • Xiaoyan Zhang and
  • Wei Gu

19 September 2019

Cistanche deserticola Ma, a perennial parasitic herb of family Orobanchaceae, is mainly parasitic on the roots of the Haloxylon ammodendron Bunge. In view of this special parasitic relationship, we applied random forest (RF) model to forecast potenti...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,157 Views
19 Pages

26 January 2022

Cistanche deserticola Ma is a traditional Chinese medicinal plant exclusively parasitizing on the roots of Haloxylon ammodendron (C. A. Mey.) Bunge and H. Persicum Bunge ex Boiss and the primary cultivated crop of the desert economy. Its wild resourc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,518 Views
16 Pages

15 November 2023

Cistanche deserticola residues are by-products of the industrial production of Cistanche deserticola, which are currently often discarded, resulting in the waste of resources. In order to achieve the efficient utilization of Cistanche deserticola, di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,042 Views
12 Pages

Cistanche deserticola is a valuable Chinese herb, but traditional dry processing causes the loss of active substances. This study developed Cistanche deserticola fermented juice (CFJ) using lactic acid bacteria and optimized the fermentation process...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,210 Views
14 Pages

Phytochemical Analysis and Biological Activities of Ripe Fruits of Mistletoe (Psittacanthus calyculatus)

  • Zaida Ochoa-Cruz,
  • Jorge Molina-Torres,
  • María V. Angoa-Pérez,
  • Jeanette G. Cárdenas-Valdovinos,
  • Ignacio García-Ruiz,
  • José A. Ceja-Díaz,
  • José O. Bernal-Gallardo and
  • Hortencia G. Mena-Violante

12 June 2023

Psittacanthus calyculatus is a hemiparasitic plant of an arboreal species (e.g., forest, fruit trees). Its foliage has therapeutic potential; however, little is known about its fruits. In this study, the phytochemical profile and biological activitie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
535 Views
27 Pages

12 December 2025

This study focuses on polysaccharides from Cistanche deserticola and Cistanche tubulosa, medicinal plants renowned for their health benefits. The “water extraction and alcohol precipitation” method was used to obtain the crude polysacchar...

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  • Open Access
834 Views
18 Pages

Cistanche deserticola Polysaccharides Protect Against Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity via Antioxidant and Mitochondrial Mechanisms

  • Jingyi Qi,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Mingyang Cui,
  • Yufang Shi,
  • Xinyu Luo,
  • Chang Fan,
  • Sitong Wan,
  • Peng An,
  • Yongting Luo and
  • Junjie Luo

5 December 2025

Doxorubicin (DOX), a clinical broad-spectrum anthracycline chemotherapeutic agent, induces dose-dependent cardiotoxicity that progresses to heart failure (HF), thereby severely limiting its clinical application. Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidativ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,978 Views
21 Pages

16 May 2024

The effect of plant cultivar on the degree of mycorrhization and the benefits mediated by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been documented in many crops. In apple, a wide variety of rootstocks are commercially available; however, it is not cle...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,628 Views
11 Pages

Therapeutic Effect of Cistanoside A on Bone Metabolism of Ovariectomized Mice

  • Xiaoxue Xu,
  • Zhuanzhuan Zhang,
  • Wenping Wang,
  • Huiqin Yao and
  • Xueqin Ma

24 January 2017

Cistanoside A (Cis A), an active phenylethanoid glycoside isolated from Cistanche deserticola Y. C. Ma, has received our attention because of its possible role in the treatment of osteoporosis. In the present study, we evaluated the effects of Cis A...