JOURNAL 2588
Records of Natural Products
Year: 2023 Issue: 3 May-June
p.388 - 418
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Haonan Xu
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Yuanyuan Liu
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Chenwang Liu
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Chong Deng
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Yi Jiang
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Yuze Li
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Xiaomei Song
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Dongdong Zhang
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Wei Wang
GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT
The genus Kadsura is a commonly used herb in Chinese folklore, with sedative, hypnotic and beneficial effects, mainly for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, insomnia and other conditions. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that triterpenoids are one of the main components to possess these medicinal effects. In addition, triterpenoids in genus Kadsura also exhibited anti-tumor, cholesterol synthesis inhibition, anti-HIV, antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities. At present, there are few literatures reported on the triterpenoids in this genus. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to review the triterpenoids in the genus Kadsura and their pharmacological activities, introduce the research progress on their germplasm resources, clinical applications and developmental applications, and provide references for further research and development of the plant resources of this genus.
KEYWORDS- Kadsura
- triterpenoids
- pharmacological activities
- clinical applications
- developing applications
