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[Research advance in medicinal plants from genus Coreopsis].

Authors Zhang, Yuan; Mourboul, Ablise; Li, Zhi-Yuan

Journal Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica , 2013-Aug,16:38

PubMed 24228578

Abstract There are about 100 species in the genus Coreopsis which distributed in the America, south of Africa and Hawaiian Islands, and 7 species are distributed in China. The inflorescences of Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. is the Uigur herb ''Snow chrysanthemum'' which is named ''Shemuju'' with the effects of heat-cleaning, detoxicating, dampness-dissipating and dysentery-curing in the Xinhua Herbal Scheme. The chemical constituents from Coreopsis plants mainly contain flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, sesquiterpenes, and sterols, which show anti-inflammatory activities in modern pharmaceutical research. This article presents an overview of the chemical constituents and pharmaceutical activities, prospects of development and exploitation of Coreopsis plants, hopefully to provide a basis for further research and development of Coreopsis plants.

Species covered 两色金鸡菊 Coreopsis tinctoria