Advance on chemical compounds of Ainsliaea genus.
- Author:
Fa-jin FENG
;
Zhi-ling XU
;
Qian-jun ZHANG
;
Zhen-hua YIN
;
Wen-yi KANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Asteraceae;
chemistry;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
chemistry;
pharmacology;
Molecular Structure
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2015;40(7):1244-1251
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Plants in Ainsliaea genus, belongs to Compositae family, are traditional Chinese medicine and widely used in folk. These plants contain various types of chemical components, and main components are sesquiterpene lactone and its glycosides. In addition, there are triterpenoids, flavonoids, steroids, phenolic acid, long chain fatty acid and volatile oils. Recently, much attention has been payed to varlous research of A. fragrans. This paper reviewed and summarized the chemical components to provide the theoretical basis for the use of Ainsliaea.
