Advances in studies on naphthoquinones from green walnut husks of Juglans mandshurica and their anticancer activities / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Green walnut husks of Juglans mandshurica is the exocarp of the immature fruit of Juglans mandshurica. It has been used for thousands of years as a traditional Chinese herbal medicine. It is mainly used for antipyretic and detoxification, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anti-malarial, and so on. In recent years, its anticancer activity has attracted widespread attention from domestic and foreign scientists. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that naphthoquinones are the main anticancer active ingredients of green walnut husks of J. mandshurica. In this review, we combed the naphthoquinone chemical components extracted from green walnut husks of J. mandshurica and described the chemical constituents of naphthoquinones with strong anticancer activity. It provides an important scientific basis for clarifying the pharmacodynamic basis of the anti-cancer effect of Chinese medicine green walnut husks of J. mandshurica.