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Chemical and Pharmacological Studies of the Plants from Genus Celastrus
Author(s) -
Su XiaoHui,
Zhang ManLi,
Zhan WenHong,
Huo ChangHong,
Shi QingWen,
Gu YuCheng,
Kiyota Hiromasa
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemistry and biodiversity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1612-1880
pISSN - 1612-1872
DOI - 10.1002/cbdv.200700403
Subject(s) - terpene , genus , chemical constituents , traditional medicine , triterpenoid , botany , chemistry , biology , medicine , stereochemistry , chromatography
The plants of genus Celastrus , distributed in Asia, have been used as natural insecticides and folk medicines to treat fever, chill, joint pain, edema, rheumatoid arthritis, and bacterial infection in China for a long time. This contribution reviews the chemical constituents, 1 – 144 , isolated from the plants in genus Celastrus in the past few decades, and their biological activities. The compounds listed are sesquiterpenes ( β ‐agarofurans), diterpenes, triterpenes, alkaloids, and flavonoids.