Title:Research Advances on Biological Activities of Tanshinone IIA- A Mini Review
VOLUME: 13 ISSUE: 4
Author(s):Yan Zhong, Man-Li Zhang, Jin-Sheng Qi, Qing-Wen Shi and Hiromasa Kiyota
Affiliation:School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Forensic Medical Molecular Identification, Hebei Medical University, 050017, Hebei, P.R. China.
Keywords:Antitumor agents, antiviral activity, danshen, tanshinone IIa, terpenoids, quinones.
Abstract:Tanshinone IIA is a principal constituent of a dried root or rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Danshen or Tanshen in Chinese). This plant has been widely used as traditional Chinese medicine for treatment of several diseases for thousands of years. This review describes biological activities reported for tanshinone IIA.
