NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2015, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (12): 2142-2148. doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2015.12.027

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Review on Chemical Constituent and Pharmacological Activity of Olea europaea L.

WANG He-yu1,2, ZHANG Jing2, XU Tun-hai1,3*   

  1. 1 Health cultivation Laboratory of the Ministey Education,Beijing 100029,China; 2 College of Chinese medicine,Jilin Agricultural University,Changchun 130118,China; 3 Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Beijing University of Chinese Medicine,Beijing 100102,China
  • Online:2015-12-29 Published:2016-01-06

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Abstract: Olea europaea Linn is commonly known as olive,traditional oil crops.Its main chemical components contain split iridoid, sesquiterpenes, triterpenoids,brass,phenylpropanoids, etc. Pharmacological studies of this herb have shown that it has pharmacological effects of lowering blood sugar,lowering blood pressure,anti-oxidation,anti-poisoning,anti-viral,anti-cancer,anti-bacterial, etc. This essay summarized the chemical composition and pharmacological studies of Olea europaea subsp.Europaea and Olea europaea subsp.Africana in recent 10 years,setting out the structural formula of main compounds of these herbs,and aiming to provide a reference for in-depth study of Olea europaea Linn.

Key words: Olea europaea Linn., Olea europaea subsp.Europaea, Olea europaea subsp.Africana;chemical composition;pharmacological effects

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