Bioactive glycosides from Chinese medicines

ABSTRACT

Glycosides are the bioactive components of many famous Chinese medicines. Here reported are some bioactive glycosides we discovered from Chinese medicines in recent years. (1) Pheolic glycosides from Chinese medicines Gastrodia elata, acontium austroynanense and Helicia erratica, three bioactive phenolic glycosides were discovered and two of them have been developed into new drugs. (2) Terpenoidal glycosides a) Monoterpenoid the sweroside from Swertia mollensis has been developed intro an anti-hepatitis drug; b) Diterpenoid Phlomis betonicoides contains sweet glycoides; c) Triterpenoid many biologically active triterpenoid glycosides were isolated from Panax plants and Siraitia grosvenorii. (3) Steroidal glycosides a) C21-steroid Cynanchum otophyllum and C. atratrum contain anti-epilepsy and-tumor glycosides; b) C27-steroid Hemostatic saponins were found in Paris polyphylla.