A Review of the Biological Activity and Structure-Property Relationships of the Main Compounds from .

Beata Olas, Bartosz Skalski, Elżbieta Kuźniak, Iwona Kowalska, Monika Sikora

Journal: Nutrients 2025;17(3):

PMID: 39940298

Abstract

is a plant from the family that grows in humid climates, such as forests and mountain slopes. This plant is attracting the attention of an increasing number of scientists around the world, mainly due to its medicinal properties. It contains a variety of bioactive compounds that exhibit significant biological activities, including lignans, flavonoids, phenolic acids, triterpenoids, organic acids and essential oils. This publication is a review of the latest knowledge and research conducted in the field of analysis of biologically active compounds isolated from .

Address: Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, 90-237 Łódź, Poland.; Department of Phytochemistry, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation-State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Pulawy, Poland.; Łukasiewicz Research Network, Łódź Institute of Technology, 90-570 Łódź, Poland.; Department of General Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, 90-236 Łódź, Poland.

DOI: 10.3390/nu17030436

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MeSH Terms: Schisandra, Lignans, Structure-Activity Relationship, Humans, Plant Extracts, Oils, Volatile, Flavonoids, Hydroxybenzoates, Triterpenes