Title:Review of Characteristics, Pharmacology, Determination and Pharmacokinetics of Rhaponticin
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Author(s): Yang Sun, Xuhua Liang, Hua Cheng, Wanqiang Wang, Xiangsheng Jiang, Ping He, Yingyong Zhao and Junjun Wu
Affiliation:
Keywords:
Rhaponticin, stilbene glucoside, anti-diabetic activity, structural characteristics of RHA, anti-oxidation activity,
anti-allergic activity.
Abstract: Rhaponticin (RHA) is a stilbene glucoside compound that can be found in medicinal plant of
Rheum L. RHA has been reported to possess several biological effects including antitumor, antithrombotic,
antioxidant, vasorelaxant, defense for gastritis activities. It also shows beneficial activities on diabetic
mice. According to reported literatures, an overview of spectroscopy characteristics, pharmacological
activity, content determination and pharmacokinetics, etc. for RHA has been presented. Moreover,
this work provides a certain reference value for developing the therapeutic drug of RHA.