摘要
The plants of the genus Ehretia Linn.composed of about 50 species mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Africa.They have been used as folk medicines or traditional tea to treat various ailments in China for a long time.This contribution reviews the chemical constituents isolated from the plants of the genus Ehretia Linn.and related biological activities of these species in the past few decades.The compounds in the genus mainly belong to the classes of phenolic acids,flavonoids,benzoquinones,cyanogenetic glycosides,and fatty acids.The main biological activities include antioxidant,anti-inflammatory,antisnake venom,and anti-allergic activities.
The plants of the genus Ehretia Linn.composed of about 50 species mainly distributed in tropical Asia and Africa.They have been used as folk medicines or traditional tea to treat various ailments in China for a long time.This contribution reviews the chemical constituents isolated from the plants of the genus Ehretia Linn.and related biological activities of these species in the past few decades.The compounds in the genus mainly belong to the classes of phenolic acids,flavonoids,benzoquinones,cyanogenetic glycosides,and fatty acids.The main biological activities include antioxidant,anti-inflammatory,antisnake venom,and anti-allergic activities.
作者
LI Li1,2,PENG Yong1,YAO Xia1,XU Li-jia1,WULAN Ta-na1,LIU Yong2,SHI Ren-bing2,XIAO Pei-gen1 1.Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resources Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine(Peking Union Medical College),Ministry of Education,Institute of Medicinal Plant Development,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Beijing 100193,China 2.School of Chinese Materia Medica,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing 100102,China
