Research history and overview of chemical constituents of Panax notoginseng / 中草药

ABSTRACT

Panax notoginseng is a plant of the Araliaceae ginseng species. As a valuable medicine, it has a cultural history of more than 400 years with the effects of circulation to stop bleeding, swelling, pain, etc. The complex chemical composition in P. notoginseng is closely related to the effects. Currently, more than 100 compounds have been found in P. notoginseng, among which the active ingredients are mainly saponins and dencichine. The chemical compositions of P. notoginseng were divided into two parts, saponins and non saponins, and the paper gave an overview of the research process about them. In addition, according to the characteristics of different compounds, we discussed the future research directions of various types of compounds in order to provide a useful reference for the further study of P. notoginseng.