Lu Yinrong, Foo L Yeap
Industrial Research, P O Box 31310, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Phytochemistry. 2002 Jan;59(2):117-40. doi: 10.1016/s0031-9422(01)00415-0.
Salvia is an important genus widely cultivated and used in flavouring and folk medicines. The genus has attracted great interest so much so that it has been the subject of numerous chemical studies. It is a rich source of polyphenols, with an excess of 160 polyphenols having been identified, some of which are unique to the genus. A large number of these polyphenolic compounds are apparently constructed from the caffeic acid building block via a variety of condensation reactions. The nature of these polyphenols which have been reported is compiled in this report together with some bioactivity data in an effort to show the rapid development in the phytochemistry and the therapeutic applications of the Salvia species.
丹参是一个重要的属，广泛种植并用于调味和民间医药。该属引起了极大的关注，以至于它已成为众多化学研究的对象。它是多酚的丰富来源，已鉴定出超过160种多酚，其中一些是该属特有的。这些多酚类化合物中有大量显然是由咖啡酸构建单元通过各种缩合反应构建而成的。本报告汇编了已报道的这些多酚的性质以及一些生物活性数据，以展示丹参属植物在植物化学和治疗应用方面的快速发展。
