Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin ( IF 1.5 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-01 , DOI: 10.1248/cpb.c20-00057 Huibo Lei 1 , Xinyu Wang 1 , Yuhao Zhang 1 , Taofang Cheng 2 , Rui Mi 3 , Xike Xu 4 , Xianpeng Zu 4 , Weidong Zhang 1, 2, 4
Herba Cistanche, known as Rou Cong Rong in Chinese, is a very valuable Chinese herbal medicine that has been recorded in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia. Rou Cong Rong has been extensively used in clinical practice in traditional herbal formulations and has also been widely used as a health food supplement for a long time in Asian countries such as China and Japan. There are many bioactive compounds in Rou Cong Rong, the most important of which are phenylethanoid glycosides. This article summarizes the up-to-date information regarding the phytochemistry, pharmacology, processing, toxicity and safety of Rou Cong Rong to reveal its pharmacodynamic basis and potential therapeutic effects, which could be of great value for its use in future research.
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