[Research advance in medicinal plants from genus Coreopsis].
There are about 100 species in the genus Coreopsis which distributed in the America, south of Africa and Hawaiian Islands, and 7 species are distributed in China. The inflorescences of Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. is the Uigur herb 'Snow chrysanthemum' which is named 'Shemuju' with the effects of heat-cleaning, detoxicating, dampness-dissipating and dysentery-curing in the Xinhua Herbal Scheme. The chemical constituents from Coreopsis plants mainly contain flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, sesquiterpenes, and sterols, which show anti-inflammatory activities in modern pharmaceutical research. This article presents an overview of the chemical constituents and pharmaceutical activities, prospects of development and exploitation of Coreopsis plants, hopefully to provide a basis for further research and development of Coreopsis plants.
School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China. zhangyuanbjcm@gmail.com
Yuan
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Zhang
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Mourboul
Zhi-Yuan
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Li
D000818:Animals; D031945:Coreopsis / Q000737:chemistry*; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000379:methods*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal