title: The latest review on the polyphenols and their bioactivities of Chinese Morus plants.
abstract: The mulberry tree (Morus alba) plays a key role in agriculture, and its different parts have been used as popular Traditional Chinese Medicines for thousands of years. There are 16 species belonging to the Morus genus. Among them, 11 species distribute in China, most of which have been used as the substitutes of M. alba in local provinces. This review summarizes the structural characters of polyphenols, the main components in Morus, including Diels-Alder-type adducts, flavonoids, 2-arylbenzofurans, and stilbenes, and also their related bioactivities in the last 10 years.
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Key Laboratory of Polymorphic Drugs of Beijing, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College , Beijing 100050 , China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yong-Xia
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Ruo-Yun
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D015394:Molecular Structure; D031625:Morus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D059808:Polyphenols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D005419:Flavonoids; D059808:Polyphenols; D013267:Stilbenes
keywords: 2-arylbenzofurans; Diels–Alder-type adducts; Morus; bioactivities; flavonoids; stilbenes