Phytochemicals and biological activities of Saussurea species

Jun-Li Yang State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

Rui Wang State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

Lei-Lei Liu State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China

Yan-Ping Shi State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]

Abstract

The genus Saussurea has been studied from phytochemical and pharmacological viewpoints for years, which resulted in the discovery of hundreds of secondary metabolites with various kinds of bioactivities. This review summarizes the research progress of the genus of Saussurea in the phytochemical and pharmacological viewpoints, which covered the period of 1990–June 2009.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 20621091), the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2007BAI37B05), and the National 863 Program of China (No. 2007AA09Z403).

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