中文摘要：

磷脂酶A2是催化水解磷脂甘油二位酰基释放游离脂肪酸和溶血磷脂的限速酶，其下游产物参与了基因表达、能量代谢、质膜重构、信号转导以及炎症、损伤等多种基本生理病理过程，具有广泛的生物活性。本文介绍了磷脂酶A2超家族成员及其功能，并对近150篇文献所涉约100余种中草药或其配方及其化学成分对磷脂酶A2活性和（或）含量影响进行梳理和综述，以期对中药相关研究提供参考。

英文摘要：

Phospholipase A2 （PLA2） is the speed limit enzyme that liberates the sn-2 fatty acyl chains from phospho-lipids to yield nonesterified fatty acids and lysophospholipids. Its metabolites have a wide range of biological activity in a series of physiological and pathological process such as gene expression, energy metabolism, plasmalemma re-configuration, signal transduction, inflammation, trauma, and etc. This review introduced members of the PLA2 super-family and their functions. And the effect on the activity and/or mass of PLA2 family was summarized with a purpose to promote related research, of which more than 100 items included prescriptions, herbs and their active ingredients in 150 articles were collected from the database.