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Research progress on the chemical constituents and activities of Trigonostemon lutescens

Xuewen Hou, Lingzhi Li*   

  1. Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
  • Received:2017-03-02 Revised:2017-04-25 Online:2017-08-20 Published:2017-04-25
  • Contact: Lingzhi Li*, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China; E-mail: lilingzhijessie@163.com; Tel.: 15940206516.

Abstract: Trigonostemon lutescens belongs to genus Trigonostemon. Plants of genus Trigonostemon are common medicines in China and Thailand. Recently, Trigonostemon has been proved to have potent anti-tumor and other activities, which has attracted numerous of attentions. However, there are few reports on the study of Trigonostemon lutescens. Hence, this report is presented as a review centered on chemical constituents and activities of Trigonostemon lutescens.

Key words: Trigonostemon lutescens, chemical constituents, activities, research progress