Research progress on chemical constituents and lipid-lowering mechanism of alkaloids in Nelumbinis Folium / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Nelumbinis Folium is a Chinese herbal medicine with the effect of regulating lipid and losing weight recorded in “Compendium of Materia Medica”. The alkaloids extracted from lotus leaves have bacteriostatic, lipid-lowering, antispasmodic and other biological activities. In recent years, much attention has been paid to the health problems caused by obesity, so the effect of alkaloids in Nelumbinis Folium on lowering fat and losing weight has become a research hotspot. The chemical constituents, lipid-lowering mechanisms and application in medicine of alkaloids in Nelumbinis Folium were reviewed, which provides a theoretical reference for the development of slimming products and lipid-lowering mechanism of alkaloids in Nelumbinis Folium.