Researching Progress on Medical Plants of Commelina / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

There are about 170 kinds of medical plants of Commelina all over the world.Experimental studies showed that the main chemical compositions in the plants included alkaloids,flavonoids,terpenes,and sterols etc.Plants of commelina,especially commelina communis,have pharmacological activities of antibacterial,antiinflammation,resisting-oxidation,lowering-glycemia,relieving-pain and stopping-cough etc.It is necessary that their pharmacological effects and chemical compositions are further developed and investigated systematically.