Chemical and pharmacological studies of the plants from genus Celastrus.
The plants of genus Celastrus, distributed in Asia, have been used as natural insecticides and folk medicines to treat fever, chill, joint pain, edema, rheumatoid arthritis, and bacterial infection in China for a long time. This contribution reviews the chemical constituents, isolated from the plants in genus Celastrus in the past few decades, and their biological activities. The compounds listed are sesquiterpenes (beta-agarofurans), diterpenes, triterpenes, alkaloids, and flavonoids.
Su
Xiao-Hui
XH
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei Medical University, 361 Zhongshan East Road, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei Province, P. R. China.
Zhang
Man-Li
ML
Zhan
Wen-Hong
WH
Huo
Chang-Hong
CH
Shi
Qing-Wen
QW
Gu
Yu-Cheng
YC
Kiyota
Hiromasa
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D000470:Alkaloids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D031247:Celastrus / Q000737:chemistry*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D014315:Triterpenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology
D000470:Alkaloids; D004224:Diterpenes; D005419:Flavonoids; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D014315:Triterpenes