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[Chemical and pharmacological advances of the study on zushima]
Shu-hui Li1, Li-jun Wu, Hong-ying Yin
1School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medicas, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, Liaoning, China.
Objective:
To review the progress in the research of the active ingredients of Zushima and their pharmacological activities.
Method:
Base on the articles of the chemical constituents and pharmacological activities of Zushima.
Result:
Traditional Chinese drug, Zushima contains coumarins, diteropenoids, lignans, flavonoids, anthraquinones and sterols. Pharmacological investigation concludes that it has actions of painkilling, antiinflammation, inhibiting bacteria, antithrombus, antitumer and antifertility.
Conclusion:
Zushima has extensive actions in pharmacology. And plant resources are very rich. It is a meaning job to study the chemical ingredients and pharmacological activities of Zushima further.
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