Antitumor Research Status Analysis of Dendrobium

OBJECTIVE To discusse the existing problem and its solution method in Dendrobium antitumor research by using bibliormetic method. METHODS Used the bibliometric method through the research, namely, analysised the 177 articles about Dendrobium antitumor which published by Chinese Academic Journals in CNKI objectively and systematically, also due to the multiple perspectives. RESULTS More and more researchers focused on Dendrobium antitumor; but experimental research of Dendrobium antitumor was less; research related to the Dendrobium of 11 species, 14 kinds of tumor cells, but all lack of systematic and thorough research; the deficiency of experimental papers and systematic researching resulted in most paper had a repeating phenomenon and kept researching stuck in a low-level. CONCLUSION The issues of Dendrobium antitumor researching should be addressed based on it's depth and range.