title: [Review on investigations related to chemical constituents and biological activities of Periplaneta americana].
abstract: With the fast development of medicinal animals as new drugs, research on Periplaneta americana become hot recently. Several drugs which mainly consisted of P. americana were approved for clinical applications. The chemical constituents and pharmacological bioactivities of this insect were summarized herein, which provides informativon for further researches on this medicinal animal.
authors.affiliation: Pharmaceutical Department of Dali College, Dali 671000, China.
authors.forename: Zheng-Chun
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Li-Yan
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Xiao-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ming-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Guang-Ming
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003516:Cycloparaffins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D008419:Materia Medica / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D010526:Periplaneta / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D003516:Cycloparaffins; D008419:Materia Medica; D009479:Neuropeptides; C496155:periplanone C