ABSTRACT
Oligopeptides are simple in composition, high in safety index and good in drug preparation, which are important components of biomedicine. However, due to the limitation of oligopeptide drug design theory and discovery pathways which are far less than other structural drugs, obtaining new bioactive oligopeptides is a hot and difficult topic in this field. As a natural oligopeptide library, Chinese materia medica (CMM) contains a large number of active oligopeptides. Oligopeptides of CMM have vital biological activities such as neuroprotection activity, liver protection activity, antitumor, anticoagulation, anti-oxidation, immunity enhancement, etc. In this paper, the sequence and biological activity of active oligopeptides discovered by scholars at home and abroad in the past 10 years were reviewed, and the relationship between active oligopeptides and classification of CMM was explored. It is preliminarily suggested that CMM such as tonifying deficiency drugs and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis are the sources of natural oligopeptides. There are many research results easy to be successful in the research and development of new oligopeptide drugs, which provides directions and ideas for the development of new active oligopeptide drugs.