title: Chemical and pharmacological studies of the plants from genus Celastrus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei Medical University, 361 Zhongshan East Road, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei Province, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Man-Li
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Hong
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.forename: Chang-Hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.forename: Qing-Wen
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Yu-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Hiromasa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kiyota
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D004224:Diterpenes; D005419:Flavonoids; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D014315:Triterpenes