Chemical and Biological Research on Herbal Medicines Rich in Xanthones

Chemical and Biological Research on Herbal Medicines Rich in Xanthones

Jingya Ruan, Chang Zheng, Yanxia Liu, Lu Qu, Haiyang Yu, Lifeng Han, Yi Zhang, Tao Wang

Xanthones, as some of the most active components and widely distributed in various herb medicines, have drawn more and more attention in recent years. So far, 168 species of herbal plants belong to 58 genera, 24 families have been reported to contain xanthones. Among them, Calophyllum, Cratoxylum, Cudrania, Garcinia, Gentiana, Hypericum and Swertia genera are plant resources with great development prospect. This paper summarizes the plant resources, bioactivity and the structure-activity relationships (SARs) of xanthones from references published over the last few decades, which may be useful for new drug research and development on xanthones.

2017

Herbal medicines, xanthones, Plant sources, Pharmacology, Gambogic acid, structure-activity relationships

DOI: 10.3390/molecules22101698

Molecules

MDPI AG

Organic chemistry

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