大蓟(Cirsium japonicum DC.)是菊科蓟属多年生草本植物,具有凉血止血,行瘀消肿作用,是一味临床上常用的止血药物,大蓟的化学成分复杂,到目前为止,已从大蓟中分离得到100多种化合物,主要有黄酮及黄酮苷类、长链炔醇类、挥发油类、甾醇类及其它类。本文根据国内外有关大蓟的研究报道,按照化合物结构类型对大蓟中各类化学成分进行了总结归纳。
Cirsium japonicum DC. was an important traditional Chinese perennial herb which had cooling blood, hemostatic, eliminating stasis, and subduing swelling effects, whose chemical compositions were complicated. According to the research in recent years, flavone and flavone glycoside, alcohol, volatile oil, and sterols were found in Cirsium iaponicum DC.. The chemical compositions of Cirsium japonicum DC. were summarized.