Research advance in medicinal plants from genus Coreopsis / 中国中药杂志
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
;
(24): 2633-2638, 2013.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-314961
ABSTRACT
There are about 100 species in the genus Coreopsis which distributed in the America, south of Africa and Hawaiian Islands, and 7 species are distributed in China. The inflorescences of Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. is the Uigur herb 'Snow chrysanthemum' which is named 'Shemuju' with the effects of heat-cleaning, detoxicating, dampness-dissipating and dysentery-curing in the Xinhua Herbal Scheme. The chemical constituents from Coreopsis plants mainly contain flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, sesquiterpenes, and sterols, which show anti-inflammatory activities in modern pharmaceutical research. This article presents an overview of the chemical constituents and pharmaceutical activities, prospects of development and exploitation of Coreopsis plants, hopefully to provide a basis for further research and development of Coreopsis plants.
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Main subject:
Pharmacology
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Plants, Medicinal
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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Chemistry
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Coreopsis
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Drug Discovery
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Methods
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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