Research progress on derivative cantharidin bioactivities and toxic regulations / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Cantharidin is the main active component of traditional Chinese medicine Mylabris. Cantharidins received increasing attentions for having bioactivities such as anticancer, anti-inflammatory and enhancing leukocytes, meanwhile, many researches were reported about cantharidin bioactivities, structure modifications, and synthesis methods. In this review, structures of derivative cantharidins were summarized and bioactivity and toxic regulations were developed, which can provide reference for cantharidin compound researches and modernizations of Mylabris.