title: [Advance in studies on pharmacological activities of chelerythrine].
abstract: Chelerythrine is a kind of benzo[c] phenanthridine alkaloids, with such pharmacological activities as antitumor, antibiosis and anti-inflammation, which is widely found in plant of Fumariaceae, Papaveraceae, Ranunculaceae and Rutaceae families. This article summarizes the advances in domestic and foreign studies on pharmacological effect of chelerythrine in the recent decade, in the expectation of providing scientific basis for the in-depth studies, development and utilization of chelerythrine.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
authors.forename: Pei-Qing
authors.initials: PQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
authors.forename: Zhen-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China.
authors.forename: Wen-Yi
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology; D053119:Benzophenanthridines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D010575:Pesticides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D053119:Benzophenanthridines; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D010575:Pesticides; C016299:chelerythrine