As of January 13, 2020, the price of Dendrobium is about $60 a pound.

The main components of Dendrobium are Dendrobium polysaccharides, Dendrobium alkaloids, Dendrobium-based phenols, Dendrobium amines, total amino acids, and special phenanthrene and anticancer components.

In the benzyl group Dendrobium has up to 22% of polysaccharides. Dendrobium contains 17 amino acids and 7 inorganic elements. In suspension culture, the total amount of amino acids in the wild product and its original bulb has reached 133.1, 120.4 mg/g. Aspartic acid, valine and leucine are the main amino acids, of which 4 amino acids account for 43.8% of the total amino acids.

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Dendrobium has been known as the "Sacred Yin Nourishment" since ancient times. Due to its unique and miraculous effect, Dendrobium is in short supply in both domestic and international markets.

For a long time, people have been using this medicine to collect wild resources through mining. The lure of high profit has made wild dendrobium become a rare and endangered plant in the world, and has been emphasized and protected by the state. Among them, Huoshan Dendrobium is produced in Huoshan County, Anhui Province, which is the best among the dendrobiums, but Huoshan Dendrobium grows in a harsh environment, and the single production is rare.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Dendrobium

People's Daily Online - Yunnan "sky-high" dendrobium 3,000 yuan a handful of the most expensive online 3 yuan per gram