[Advance in chemical constituents and pharmacological activity of Curcuma wenyujin].
On the basis of a sysmatic survey on literatures, this essay summarized the studies on chemical constituents and pharmacological activity of Curcuma wenyujin. According to statistics, the reports for chemical constituents of the plant were mainly concentrated between 2007 and 2010. So far, totally 82 compounds were reported, including 57 sesquiterpenoids, 6 diterpenoids, 6 monoterpenes and 10 other components. Particularly, 23 compounds were new. Studies on its pharmacological activity covered antitumor, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, antithrombotic and antithrombosis. This essay summarized its chemical constituents and pharmacological activity, in order to facilitate its studies, development and utilization.
Henon University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
Guo-Ping
GP
Yin
Qing-Zhe
QZ
Zhang
Yue-Wei
YW
An
Jing-Jing
JJ
Zhu
Zhi-Min
ZM
Wang
D000818:Animals; D030024:Curcuma / Q000737:chemistry*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D015394:Molecular Structure
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