Research progress on chemical constituents and biological activities of Artabotrys plants
There are more than 100 kinds of Artabotrys plants extant in the world.There are four species in China,which are mainly distributed in the south and people have a long medicinal history,mainly using it for malaria,rheumatism and other stubborn diseases.Modern pharmacochemical and pharmacological studies have confirmed that the chemical constituents of Artabotrys plants are diversified,involving more than a dozen categories,including alkaloids,terpenoids,cyclohexenes,ster-oids,flavonoids,quinones,phenylpropanes and volatile oils,etc.The biological activities of this genus are also very rich,with anti-tumor,antibacterial,antiviral,antimalarial,anti-insect,antifertility,antithrombin,antiplatelet,antioxidative,cytoprotection and so on.In this paper,the chemical constituents and biological activities of the plant were reviewed in detail,which laid a theoretical foundation for its resource development.