Terminalia Linn, a genus of mostly medium or large trees in the family Combretaceae with about 250 species in the world, is distributed mainly in southern Asia, Himalayas, Madagascar, Australia, and the tropical and subtropical regions of Africa. Many species are used widely in many traditional medicinal systems, e.g., traditional Chinese medicine, Tibetan medicine, and Indian Ayurvedic medicine practices. So far, about 39 species have been phytochemically studied, which led to the identification of 368 compounds, including terpenoids, tannins, flavonoids, phenylpropanoids, simple phenolics and so on. Some of the isolates showed various bioactivities, in vitro or in vivo, such as antitumor, anti HIV-1, antifungal, antimicrobial, antimalarial, antioxidant, diarrhea and analgesic. This review covers research articles from 1934 to 2018, retrieved from SciFinder, Wikipedia, Google Scholar, Chinese Knowledge Network and Baidu Scholar by using “Terminalia” as the search term (“all fields”) with no specific time frame setting for the search. Thirty-nine important medicinal and edible Terminalia species were selected and summarized on their geographical distribution, traditional uses, phytochemistry and related pharmacological activities.

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终端属（Combretaceae）：民族药理，植物化学和药理学评论。

榄仁Linn是Combretaceae科的中型或大型树种，全世界约有250种，主要分布在南亚，喜马拉雅山，马达加斯加，澳大利亚以及非洲的热带和亚热带地区。许多物种在许多传统医学系统中得到了广泛使用，例如中药，藏药和印度阿育吠陀医学。迄今为止，已经对大约39种植物进行了植物化学研究，从而鉴定出368种化合物，包括萜类化合物，丹宁酸，类黄酮，苯基丙烷，简单酚类等。一些分离株在体外或体内显示出各种生物活性，例如抗肿瘤，抗HIV-1，抗真菌，抗微生物，抗疟疾，抗氧化剂，腹泻和止痛药。这篇评论涵盖了1934年至2018年的研究文章，Terminalia ”作为搜索词（“所有字段”），没有针对搜索的特定时间范围设置。选择了39种重要的药用和食用榄仁属物种，并对其地理分布，传统用途，植物化学和相关药理活性进行了总结。