Progress in Research on Physiological Activity of 1-Deoxynojirimycin and Its Derivatives / 中国药学杂志

ABSTRACT

1-Deoxynojirimycin(DNJ), a polyhydroxylated alkaloid,has demonstrated numerous physiological activites, such as anti-diabetes, lipid-lowering, anti-cancer and anti-virus effects. As research continues, related activities have been explained even more clearly, and new physiological activities have been found. In this review, new discoveries of the physiological activities of DNJ and DNJ derivatives were summarized. This will provide pharmaceutical basis for future study and application of DNJ.