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Research review on the main chemical components of Brucea javanica (L.) Merr

Yeqing Du, Zhuoyang Cheng, Peng Zhao, Xiaoxiao Huang*, Shaojiang Song*   

  1. Department of Natural Products Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery, Ministry of Education, School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, PR China
  • Received:2017-11-10 Revised:2017-12-21 Online:2017-12-20 Published:2017-12-21
  • Contact: School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Rd., Shenyang 110016, China; Tel.: +86-24-23986510; E-mail: xiaoxiao270@163.com (Xiaoxiao Huang); School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Rd., Shenyang 110016, China; Tel.: +86-24-23986510; E-mail: songsj99@163.com (Shaojiang Song)

Abstract: Brucea javanica (L.) Merr, belonging to Simaroubaceae family, is one species of the genus Brucea. The seeds, roots, leaves, fruits, stems and twigs of this plant had been used as a folk medicine for the treatment of various types of diseases. It is reported that there are kinds of chemical components in B. javanica. The main chemical components of this plant include quassinoids, triterpenoids and alkaloids. In this review, we summarized the researches on the chemical components and listed the main compounds isolated from the B. javanica.

Key words: Brucea javanica, chemical components, review