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BACKGROUND: Pyrethrum tatsienense (Bureau & Franch.) Ling ex C. Shih (PTLCS) belongs to the family Compositae, which is a perennial medicinal plant mainly distributed in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of PTLCS. This review offers valuable references and guidance for researching PTLCS in depth. METHODS: The related references of PTLCS were retrieved from an online database, such as Web of Science, Google Scholar, SciFinder, PubMed, SpringLink, Elsevier, Willy, CNKI, and so on. RESULTS: PTLCS is widely reported for treating headaches, head injuries, traumatic injuries, anabrosis, impetigo, hepatitis, and other diseases in the medical field. Phytochemical research revealed that this plant contained flavonoid aglycones, flavonoid glycosides, xanthones, triterpenoids, coumarins, polyacetylenes, volatile oils, and other compounds. Meanwhile, PTLCS exhibited extensive pharmacological activities including anti-cardiac ischemia, anti-hypoxia, hepatoprotective, anti- inflammatory and analgesic, and antioxidant activities. CONCLUSIONS: PTLCS is widely used as a Tibetan medicine, which has a variety of chemicals with diverse bioactivities. Therefore, further studies are necessary to perform on the PTLCS to assay biological activities, discover their bioactive constituents, and reveal pharmacological mechanisms. This review may supply an important theoretical basis and valuable reference for in-depth research and exploitations of PTLCS.
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Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium , Chrysanthemum , Ethnopharmacology , Plant Extracts/chemistry , China , Phytochemicals/pharmacology , PhytotherapyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Highland barley Monascus purpureus Went, a traditional Tibetan medicine with food functions, which is fermented by Monascus purpureus with highland barley as substrate. It possesses various medical functions of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, invigorating spleen and promoting digestion in folk of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. This review provides a comprehensive overview of ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of highland barley Monascus purpureus Went. METHODS: The references of highland barley Monascus purpureus Went were retrieved from the online database, such as Web of Science, Google Scholar, SciFinder, PubMed, SpringLink, Elsevier, Willy, CNKI, and so on. RESULTS: Phytochemical research revealed that highland barley Monascus purpureus Went contained multiple chemical components, including Monascus pigments, monacolins, lactones, and other compounds. The reported pharmacological activities of highland barley Monascus purpureus Went included hypolipidemic, anti-nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and hepatoprotective activities. CONCLUSION: In a word, botany, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry and pharmacology of highland barley Monascus purpureus Went were reviewed comprehensively in this paper. In the future, highland barley Monascus purpureus Went needs further study, such as paying more attention to quality control and utilization of medicine. Therefore, this review may provide a theoretical basis and valuable data for future studies and exploitations on highland barley Monascus purpureus Went.
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal , Hordeum , Monascus , Ethnopharmacology , Medicine, Chinese Traditional , Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology , Phytochemicals/pharmacology , Phytotherapy , Plant Extracts/pharmacologyABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To study the triterpenoids constituents in Potentilla discolor. METHODS: The compounds were isolated by silica gel chromatography, macroporous resins and polyamide column chromatography from the 70% ethanol extract, and their structures were identified by spectral analysis. RESULTS: Six compounds were obtained and their structures were identified as 3-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 --> 2) -beta-D-xylopyranosyl-19a-hydroxyurs-12-en-28-acid (1), 2alpha, 3/beta, 19alpha-trihydroxyurs-12-en-28-acid (2), 3beta, 19alpha-trihydroxyurs-12-en-24, 28-acid (3), 2alpha, 3beta-dihydroxyolean-12-en-28-acid (4), 2alpha, 3alpha, 19alpha-trihydroxyurs-12-en-28-acid (5), beta-sitosterol (6). CONCLUSION: Compounds 1 and 3 are obtained from this plant for the fisrt time.
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Potentilla/chemistry , Triterpenes/chemistry , Chromatography, Thin Layer , Molecular Structure , Oleanolic Acid/analogs & derivatives , Oleanolic Acid/chemistry , Oleanolic Acid/isolation & purification , Sitosterols/chemistry , Sitosterols/isolation & purification , Triterpenes/isolation & purificationABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To study the extraction and pharmceutics technology of Zhangyanming dispersible tablet and establish the method for determining the content of puerarin by HPLC. METHODS: Using total extracted puerarin and disintegrating time as evaluation indexes and the conditions for determination were as follows: Hypersil BDS C18 column (5 microm, 4.6 mm x 200 mm), Methanol-H2O (25:75) as the mobile phase, the detection wavelength at 250 nm, the column temperature at 30 degrees C, and 1.0 mL/min as the mobile phase speed. RESULTS: The calibration curve was linear at the range of 0.1699 to 1.3594 microg for the puerarin content and the linear equation was y = 3.054 x 10(6)x - 24019 (r = 0.9998). The average recovery ratio was 100.03%, and the relative standard deviation was 1.79%. CONCLUSIONS: The new preparation technology is reasonable and HPLC can be used to determine the content of puerarin in Zhangyanming dispersible tablet because the operation was convenient, fast, easy to repeat, and the analysis results were accurate and especial.