Viticis Fructus is a traditional Chinese medicine with a long history of medicine in China.It mainly contained triterpenes,diterpenes,flavonoids,phenylpropanoids,steroids,phenolic acids and other chemical components.It had a wide range of biological activities,including antipyretic and anal-gesic,antibacterial,anti-inflammatory,antioxidant,antitumor,hypoglycemic,etc.It was commonly used to treat symptoms such as wind fever,cold headache,migraine and so on.In this paper,the re-search progress of Viticis Fructus in recent years would be comprehensively summarized from the as-pects of chemical composition and pharmacological effects,so as to provide reference for the further development and application of Viticis Fructus.
Viticis FructusChemical compositionDiterpenoidsFlavonoidsAntipyretic and Anal-gesicPharmacological actionResearch progress