Chemical constituents from the genus <i>Saussurea</i> and their biological activities

  • Ting Zhao
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Hebei Medical University , Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei Province , China
  • Shao-Jing Li
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Hebei Medical University , Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei Province , China
  • Zhao-Xin Zhang
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Hebei Medical University , Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei Province , China
  • Man-Li Zhang
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Hebei Medical University , Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei Province , China
  • Qing-Wen Shi
    School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Hebei Medical University , Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei Province , China
  • Yu-Cheng Gu
    Syngenta Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre , Berkshire, RG42 6EY , UK
  • Mei Dong
    Hebei Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine , Hebei Medical University , Shijiazhuang 050017 , Hebei Province, China
  • Hiromasa Kiyota
    Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science , Okayama University , 1-1-1 Tsushima-Naka, Kita-ku , Okayama 700-8530 , Japan

Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The genus <jats:italic>Saussurea</jats:italic> (Asteraceae) contains about 400 species distributed around Asia and Europe and used in the traditional medicines of many cultures. The main compounds isolated from <jats:italic>Saussurea</jats:italic> species are terpenoids, in particular, sesquiterpenoids are dominant. This review lists 404 chemical constituents as well as their biological activity (111 references).</jats:p>

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