中文摘要：

红花作为一种传统中药,入药历史久远,是主要的活血化瘀药之一。红花含有多种化学成分,其主要有效成分为黄酮类。红花具有多种药理活性,研究发现红花对心脑血管、神经系统、免疫系统等具有一定的作用。红花作为一种研究和应用比较热门的传统中药材,经过不断地开发与应用,越来越受到人们的关注。文章通过文献查阅,综述了国内外学者对其在药理活性及开发应用的研究进展,为红花进一步的研究及合理开发利用提供参考。

英文摘要：

As a kind of traditional Chinese herbal medicine, safflower had a long history of medicine,which was one of the main blood circulation drugs. Safflower contained a variety of chemical constituents, flavonoids was the main active ingredient. It had a variety of pharmacological function,playing an important role on the cardiovascular, nervous system, immune system. As a more popular traditional Chinese herbal medicines, safflower had been paid more and more attention for researching and exploiting after continuous development and application. Through the literature review, to pharmacological activity,development and application of safflower were reviewed from the domestic and foreign .scholars, providing references for further study, rational exploitation and utilization of safflower.