Asian Journal of Traditional Medicines ›› 2020, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (2): 65-75.

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Research review on the main chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of Abrus mollis

Xinyong Yang, Kaicheng Du, Yan Ju, Dali Meng*   

  1. School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and Discovery (Shenyang Pharmaceutical University), Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, PR China
  • Received:2019-07-30 Accepted:2020-03-16 Online:2020-04-20 Published:2020-04-30
  • Contact: School of Traditional Chinese Materia Medica, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, 103 Wenhua Rd., Shenyang 110016, China; Tel.: 13386827810; E-mail: memgdl@163.com. E-mail:memgdl@163.com

Abstract: Fifty-six compounds have been isolated from Abrus mollis until now, including saponins, steroids, flavonoids and fatty acid, which have the functions of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, protecting the liver and promoting gallbladder, anti-oxidation and enhancing immunity, etc. A. mollis has good therapeutic effects on liver diseases. In this paper, the chemical constituents and pharmacological effects of A. mollis were reviewed in order to provide a reference for the further development.

Key words: Abrus mollis, Chemical constituents, Pharmacological effects

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