Advances in studies on chemical constituents of three medicinal plants from Polygonatum Mill. and their pharmacological activities / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Polygonti Rhizome belongs to the family Liliaceae. Its tuber has the medicinal functions of tonifying the kidney to arrest spontaneous emission (Bushen Yijing) and replenishing yin essence and moisturizing the viscera (Ziyin Runzao), and has been used for many years in Chinese medicine. This paper mainly summarizes the research advances on chemical constituents and pharmaco- logical activities of P. sibiricum, P. kingianum, and P. cyrtonema accepted in Chinese Pharmacopoeia, and provides the reference for their further development and utilization.