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Phytochemicals and biological activities of Artemisia sieversiana

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This review discusses a whole plant’s chemical nature and biological effects of Artemisia sieversiana Ehrhart ex willd (ASS). Several types of chemical compositions have been isolated from A. sieversiana, including 26 terpenoids (21 guaiane-type sesquiterpenes, 3 germacrane-type sesquiterpenes, 1 muurolane-type sesquiterpene, and 1 diterpenoid), 16 sesamin-type lignans, 9 flavonoids, 3 steroids, and 3 alkaloids. Some of them have shown promising bioactivities, such as anti-tumour, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant functions and so on. Herein, we have summarized the phytochemical and pharmacological progress of ASS.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by Shaanxi Province Science and Technology to Co-ordinate Innovation Project Plan (2015KTCL03-14), National Natural Science Foundation of China (81373978), Shaanxi Key Technology Innovation Team (2012KCT-20), Local Service Special Projects of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education (15JF001), and Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Process of College Students Innovation Practice Base Project [Shaanxi Education Finance (2013) 171].

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  1. Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine/Shaanxi Collaborative Innovation Center of Chinese Medicinal Resource Industrialization, Xianyang, 712083, People’s Republic of China

    Shi-Jun Liu, Zhi-Shu Tang, Chun-Li Cui, Hong-Bo Liu, Yan-Ni Liang, Yu Zhang, Huan-Xian Shi & Yao-Run Liu

  2. Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of New Drugs and Chinese Medicine Foundation Research, Xianyang, 712083, People’s Republic of China

    Shi-Jun Liu, Zhi-Shu Tang, Chun-Li Cui, Hong-Bo Liu, Yan-Ni Liang, Yu Zhang, Huan-Xian Shi & Yao-Run Liu

  3. Shaanxi Rheumatism and Tumor Center of TCM Engineering Technology Research, Xianyang, 712083, People’s Republic of China

    Shi-Jun Liu, Zhi-Shu Tang, Chun-Li Cui, Hong-Bo Liu, Yan-Ni Liang, Yu Zhang, Huan-Xian Shi & Yao-Run Liu

  4. Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, People’s Republic of China

    Zhi-Xin Liao

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Liu, SJ., Liao, ZX., Tang, ZS. et al. Phytochemicals and biological activities of Artemisia sieversiana . Phytochem Rev 16, 441–460 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-016-9475-z

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