Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1216, Issue 11, Pages 1970-1979Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.07.031
Keywords
Cistanche; Herba Cistanches; Chemical constituents; Analysis; Phenylethanoid glycosides; Review
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30472070]
- New-Century Talent Program, Ministry of Education of China [985-2-102-113]
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Species of the genus of Cistanche (Rou Cong Rong in Chinese) are perennial parasite herbs, and are mainly distributed in and lands and warm deserts. As a superior tonic for the treatment of kidney deficiency, impotence, female infertility, morbid leucorrhea, profuse metrorrhagia and senile constipation, Cistanche herbs earned the honor of Ginseng of the desert. Recently. there has been increasing scientific attention on Herba Cistanche for its remarkable bioactivities including antioxidation, neuroprotection, and anti-aging. The chemical constituents of Cistanche plants mainly include volatile oils and non-volatile phenylethanoid glycosides (PhGs), iridoids, lignans, alditols, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. Pharmacological studies show that PhGs are the main active components for curing kidney deficiency, antioxidation and neuroprotection; galactitol and oligosaccharides are the representatives for the treatment of senile constipation, while polysaccharides are responsible for improving body immunity. In this paper, the advances on the chemical constituents of Cistanche plants and their corresponding analyses are reviewed. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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