Research advance in chemical constituents in fruits of Alpinia oxyphylla and their pharmacological activities

Based on the systematic survey on literatures, this paper summarized the research advance in the chemical constituents of Alpinia oxyphylla and their pharmacological activities. The researches on the chemical constituents of this plant were mainly concentrated between 2001 and 2012. So far, totally 85 compounds were isolated, including 52 sesquiterpenoids, which dominated the main constituents. Twenty-eight compounds were new compounds and all...