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Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of a Traditional Medicinal Plant, Glochidion eriocarpum (Phyllanthaceae)

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Glochidion eriocarpum is a shrub in the family Phyllanthaceae. The whole plant, stem bark, roots, and leaves are used for medicinal purposes by ethnic people in China to treat lacquer poison, convergence, diarrhea, dampness, and itching. As the intense research on chemical constituents, pharmacological activity and the active principles of G. eriocarpum have attracted the interest to the discovery of new drugs. This review summarizes the traditional uses of G. eriocarpum and its chemical constituents, pharmacological effects, and clinical applications with some suggestions for future research.

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This study was supported by the Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China) of Ministry of Education of China (KLEM-ZZ201906), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31761143001, 31870316, 31161140345, and 31660083), Minzu University of China (Collaborative Innovation Center for Ethnic Minority Development, yldxxk201819), Ministry of Education of China, and State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of China (B08044).

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  1. College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China

    Beixi Zhang, Sizhao Liu, Qiyi Lei & Chunlin Long

  2. School of Life and Health Science, Kaili University, Kaili, Guizhou, China

    Beixi Zhang, Sizhao Liu, Qiyi Lei & Jiangju Zhou

  3. Key Laboratory of Ethnomedicine (Minzu University of China), Ministry of Education, Beijing, China

    Beixi Zhang, Sizhao Liu, Qiyi Lei & Chunlin Long

  4. Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China

    Chunlin Long

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Zhang, B., Liu, S., Lei, Q., Zhou, J., Long, C. (2020). Phytochemical Constituents and Pharmacological Activities of a Traditional Medicinal Plant, Glochidion eriocarpum (Phyllanthaceae). In: Khasim, S.M., Long, C., Thammasiri, K., Lutken, H. (eds) Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1636-8_25

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