Bingkang Wang, Zhenhua Tian, Shiyue Lang, Qinghe Kong, Xue Liu, Yueru Chen, Min Hua, Qian Zhou, Xiaofei Yu, Hao Feng, Fulin Wang, Honglei Zhou
OBJECTIVES: Oxytropis DC is a perennial plant of Fabaceae family, which is widely distributed in the northern temperate zone. It is known as "locoweed" because of its toxic component swainsonine. However, it is widely used in Tibetan medicine and Mongolian medicine, mainly for the treatment of heat-clearing and detoxifying, pain-relieving, anti-inflammatory, hemostasis, and other diseases. To provide a basis for the further development and utilization of Oxytropis DC, the pieces of literature about the application, phytochemistry, pharmacological action, and toxicity of Oxytropis DC were reviewed and analyzed...
April 30, 2024: Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology