New developments in the chemistry and biology of the bioactive constituents of tanshen

• Published in: Medicinal research reviews Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 133 - 148
• Main Authors: Wang, Xihong, Morris-Natschke, Susan L., Lee, Kuo-Hsiung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.01.2007
• Subjects: Animals; anti-HIV; Anti-Infective Agents - chemistry; Anti-Infective Agents - pharmacology; anti-inflammatory; antibacterial; Anticoagulants - chemistry; Anticoagulants - pharmacology; Antihypertensive Agents - chemistry; Antihypertensive Agents - pharmacology; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - chemistry; Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic - pharmacology; antioxidant; Antioxidants - chemistry; Antioxidants - pharmacology; antitumor; Diterpenes, Abietane; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - chemistry; Drugs, Chinese Herbal - pharmacology; Humans; Hydroxybenzoates - chemistry; Hydroxybenzoates - pharmacology; neo-tanshinlactone; Phenanthrenes - chemistry; Phenanthrenes - pharmacology; phenolic acids; Salvia miltiorrhiza; Salvia miltiorrhiza - chemistry; Tanshen; tanshinones

Tanshen, the rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, has been used in Chinese traditional medicine (TCM) for multiple therapeutic remedies. The major constituents of Tanshen include water‐soluble phenolic acids and lipophilic tanshinones. Phenolic acids possess antioxidant and anticoagulant activities...