Hussain Tarique, Tan Bi'e, Liu Gang, Oladele Oso Abimbola, Rahu Najma, Tossou M C, Yin Yulong
Observation and Experiment Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central China, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production, Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan 410125, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10008, China.
Observation and Experiment Station of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science in South-Central China, Ministry of Agriculture, Hunan Provincial Engineering Research Center for Healthy Livestock and Poultry Production, Key Laboratory of Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha, Hunan 410125, China; Hunan Collaborative Innovation Center for Utilization of Botanical Functional Ingredients, Changsha, Hunan 410000, China.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016;2016:5202908. doi: 10.1155/2016/5202908. Epub 2016 Mar 2.
Eucommia ulmoides (EU) (also known as "Du Zhong" in Chinese language) is a plant containing various kinds of chemical constituents such as lignans, iridoids, phenolics, steroids, flavonoids, and other compounds. These constituents of EU possess various medicinal properties and have been used in Chinese Traditional Medicine (TCM) as a folk drink and functional food for several thousand years. EU has several pharmacological properties such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antimicrobial, anticancer, antiaging, cardioprotective, and neuroprotective properties. Hence, it has been widely used solely or in combination with other compounds to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, sexual dysfunction, cancer, metabolic syndrome, and neurological diseases. This review paper summarizes the various active ingredients contained in EU and their health-promoting properties, thus serving as a reference material for the application of EU.
杜仲是一种含有多种化学成分的植物,如木脂素、环烯醚萜、酚类、甾体、黄酮类和其他化合物。杜仲的这些成分具有多种药用特性,在中国传统医学中作为民间饮品和功能性食品使用了几千年。杜仲具有多种药理特性,如抗氧化、抗炎、抗过敏、抗菌、抗癌、抗衰老、心脏保护和神经保护特性。因此,它已被广泛单独使用或与其他化合物联合使用,以治疗心血管和脑血管疾病、性功能障碍、癌症、代谢综合征和神经疾病。本文综述了杜仲中含有的各种活性成分及其促进健康的特性,从而为杜仲的应用提供参考资料。