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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (12): 73-80.

Special Issue: 资源与环境

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Review on Forest Healthcare Resources

Wang Xiaojing Jan Liming   

  • Received:2008-07-24 Revised:2010-02-25 Online:2010-06-20 Published:2010-06-20

Abstract:

With the process of urbanization and people's taking more care of health in their leisure time , forest tourism has made fast development , and the use of forestry healthcare resources has become urgent .It needs much more relevant theoretical and practical guide. Therefore based on the present research of forestry healthcare resources internationally and domestically, this article advises to establish the definition and connotation of forest healthcare resources and mainly reviewed the present progress of negative air ions and plant volatiles. Special emphasis is given to the affecting factors, healthcare effect of negative air ions and the exaction technique, antibacterial activity and healthcare effect of plant volatiles. The main problems in the past work and the direction for the future research were also discussed.