松針是松科植物的針狀葉，主要含揮發(fā)油、黃酮類、木脂素、色素、維生素、氨基酸和多種礦物質(zhì)。松針的藥用歷史悠久，研究證實其具有降血糖、調(diào)血脂、抗腫瘤、抗衰老、抗突變、抑菌、抗病毒和鎮(zhèn)痛抗炎等藥理作用。綜述了近年來國內(nèi)外對松針的化學(xué)成分和藥理活性研究的進(jìn)展，為進(jìn)一步研究、開發(fā)和利用松屬植物資源提供參考。

Pine needle is the leaves of Pinaceae plant. It mainly contains volatile oil, flavonoids, lignans, pigment, vitamin, amino acids, and many minerals. Pine needle’s application for medicinal purposes has a long history. Modern research suggests pine needle has many pharmacological effects such as fall in the blood sugar and blood fat, inhibititng tumor, anti-aging, antimutation, antibacterial, antiviral and analgesia. The recent research about chemical constituents and its pharmacological activities of pine needles both at domestic and abroad have been summarized in this paper, expect for providing a reference for the further study, exploitation, and utilizing of this resource.