早在20世紀(jì)70年代，冬凌草良好的抗癌活性就引起了人們關(guān)注，進(jìn)一步研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，冬凌草中含有萜類、生物堿、甾體、黃酮、揮發(fā)油、氨基酸、有機(jī)酸、單糖等成分，并具有抗腫瘤、抗菌消炎、免疫增強(qiáng)、抗氧化、抗突變、降壓等藥理作用。本文對冬凌草的化學(xué)成分、藥理作用進(jìn)行了綜述，為該植物的進(jìn)一步開發(fā)奠定基礎(chǔ)。

Since 1970s, much attention has been paid to Rabdosia rubescens because of its antitumor activity. The deeper research showed that the chemical constituents from Rabdosia rubescens include terpenoids, steroids, flavonoids, alkaloids, volatile oils, amino acids, glucoses and organic acids with many different activities including antitumor activity, antimicrobial activity, anti-inflammatory activity, immunological activity, antioxidant activity, antimutation activity and hypotensive effects. In this paper, the chemical constituents isolated from Rabdosia rubescens, including the biological activities in this plant have been reviewed.