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. 2016:2016:8968940.
doi: 10.1155/2016/8968940. Epub 2016 Jun 14.

Research Progress on Chemical Constituents of Lonicerae japonicae flos

Lingna Wang  1 , Qiu Jiang  2 , Jinghong Hu  1 , Yongqing Zhang  1 , Jia Li  1
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Research Progress on Chemical Constituents of Lonicerae japonicae flos

Lingna Wang et al. Biomed Res Int. 2016.

Abstract

Lonicerae japonicae flos is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years with confirmed curative effects. Except for medicine, it is also used in healthy food, cosmetics, and soft beverages for its specific activities. Therefore, the chemical constituents, mainly including organic acids, flavonoids, iridoids, triterpenoids, and volatile oils, have been well studied by many scholars in recent years and a comprehensive and systematic review on chemical constituents of Lonicerae japonicae flos is indispensable. This paper aims at reviewing the chemical components of LJF in recent years through searching for the literatures both at home and abroad. Our results show that 212 components have been isolated from Lonicerae japonicae flos, including 27 flavonoids, 40 organic acids, 83 iridoids, 17 triterpenoids, and 45 other compounds, which could lay a foundation for the further application of Lonicerae japonicae flos.

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Figure 1
Skeleton of flavonoids.
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Figure 2
The structures of 40 organic acids (28)–(67).
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Figure 3
The structures of 83 iridoids (68)–(150).
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Figure 4
The structures of compounds of (151)-(152).
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Figure 5
Skeleton of triterpenoids.
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Figure 6
The structures of compounds of (168)–(212).
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