Overview | Selaginella (HerbaSelaginellae), a plant of the Curvulaceae family, also known as the Nine Dead Resurrection Grass, is known for its extreme drought tolerance. Selaginella has anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effects. It is commonly used to treat dizziness, headache, stomachache, low back pain, numbness of hands and feet, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, gynecological inflammation, rheumatic pain, bruises, epistaxis, blood collapse, and other diseases. It has a good effect on traumatic hemorrhage and has been widely used. With the improvement of the level of science and technology and the in-depth research on the chemical composition of Selaginella, more and more reports have been reported on the efficacy and pharmacological effects of Selaginella. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Selaginella also has anti-cancer effects, and is effective for lung cancer, liver cancer, and ascites. Cancer has a certain inhibitory effect. In addition, Selaginella extract also has antibacterial and antispasmodic effects. To sum up, Selaginella has many effects, and its medicinal value is being continuously discovered in the research process. Selaginella mainly contains flavonoids, phenolic components, amino acids, polysaccharides, etc., among which flavonoids are the main active ingredients. |
introduction | among the flavonoids of Selaginella, there are mainly cycad biflavone (sotetsuflavone), cypress biflavone (amentoflavone), cypress biflavone (hinokiflavone), cypress biflavone (isocryptomerin), cypress biflavone (cryptomerin)B, apigenin (apigenin), etc. At present, there are many reports on the flavonoids in Selaginella vulgaris. For example, the invention patent discloses a method for preparing double flavonoids of Selaginella vulgaris with a content of more than 95% from the traditional Chinese medicine Selaginella vulgaris. |