Advance in chemical constituents and pharmacological activity of Curcuma wenyujin.
- Author:
Guo-Ping YIN
1
;
Qing-Zhe ZHANG
;
Yue-Wei AN
;
Jing-Jing ZHU
;
Zhi-Min WANG
Author Information
1. Henon University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Curcuma;
chemistry;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
chemistry;
pharmacology;
Humans;
Molecular Structure
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2012;37(22):3354-3360
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
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.
