Progress on active compositions and pharmacological effects of Celastrus orbiculatus / 药学实践杂志

ABSTRACT

Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb .(Celastraceae) was widely distributed in China and more in the south area of the Yangtze River .Research showed the main chemical components including terpenoids ,lipids ,glycosides and flavonoids .Its pharmacological effects were extensive ,which were including antitumor ,anti-inflammatory ,immunomodulatory ,anti-fibrosis and anti-fertility etc .The separation of active compositions and advances in the pharmacological effects were reviewed in recent years ,which would be helpful in providing reference and thinking for the research and development of Celastrus orbiculatus .