A Review on Medical Plants of Genus Siegesbeckia: Phytochemical and Pharmacological Studies

Review Article

JOURNAL 2332

Records of Natural Products

VOLUME & ISSUE

Year: 2022 Issue: 6 November-December

PAGES

p.515 - 537

DOI ADDRESS

http://doi.org/10.25135/rnp.317.2201.2332

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AUTHORS

Dexia Wang
Xin Dong
Yanyan Nie
Wen-Ting Yang
Chengshou Li

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

GGenus Siegesbeckia has been utilized as herbal medicine for treating arthritis, stroke, rash and other diseases for hundreds of years in East Asia. Modern pharmacological researches demonstrated the species of genus Siegesbeckia contains numerous naturally occurring active compounds. Till now, 250 compounds have been separated from Siegesbeckia species, namely 128 diterpenoids, 71 sesquiterpenoids, 14 flavonoids and 37 other compounds. A number of studies showed Siegesbeckia extracts or constituents possessed various therapeutic activities, including anti-inflammation, analgesia, anti-cancer and so on. Some of them have a bright prospect in naturally occurring drug discovery.The information provided by this review is expected to be beneficial for further phytochemical and pharmacological studies of the genus Siegesbeckia.

KEYWORDS

Siegesbeckia
kirenol
diterpenoid
anti-inflammation
sesquitepenoid

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