Advances in indole alkaloids from traditional Chinese medicine of Uncariae Ramulus Cum Uncis documented in Chinese Pharmacopoeia.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20181121.006
- Author:
Jian-Gang ZHANG
1
;
Ji-Jun CHEN
2
;
Chang-An GENG
1
Author Information
1. State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China,Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming 650201,China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry Kunming 650201,China.
2. State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China,Kunming Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming 650201,China Yunnan Key Laboratory of Natural Medicinal Chemistry Kunming 650201,China University of Chinese Academy of Science Beijing 100049,China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Uncaria;
Uncariae Ramulus Cum Uncis;
chemical constituents;
indole alkaloids
- MeSH:
Alkaloids;
China;
Drugs, Chinese Herbal;
Indole Alkaloids;
Medicine, Chinese Traditional;
Uncaria
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2019;44(4):685-695
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Uncaria genus( Rubiaceae) contains 34 species all over the world,of which 11 species and one variant are present in China. Five species,namely U. rhynchophylla,U. macrophylla,U. hirsuta,U. sinensis and U. sessilifructus,are documented in Chinese Pharmacopoeia as the raw materials of Uncariae Ramulus Cum Uncis. Indole alkaloids are the characteristic constituents of Uncaria plants,in addition to triterpenes,lignans and flavones. This paper reviews the progress of indole alkaloids and their distribution within the five Uncaria species documented in Chinese Pharmacopoeia for better understanding the active constituents of Uncariae Ramulus Cum Uncis.
