檉柳屬植物是干旱、半干旱區(qū)沙荒地和鹽堿化土地上生長的灌木，含多種化學成分，如黃酮、三萜、苯丙酸、甾體類以及有機酸、酚酸類等；藥理研究表明其具有保肝、抗氧化、抑菌、抑制α-葡萄糖苷酶、抗腫瘤等活性。綜述了檉柳屬植物不同藥用部位的化學成分和藥理活性，為進一步研究和開發(fā)檉柳屬植物資源提供參考。

The plants in Tamarix L. are shurb which usually distribute in arid or semiarid desert area and saline-alkali fields. A variety of chemical constituents, such as flavonoids, triterpenes, steroids, phenylpropanoids, organic acids and phenolic acids are isolated from the plants in Tamarix L. The pharmacological study reveals that plants in Tamarix L. show hepatoprotective, anti-oxidant, antibacterial, α-glucosidase inhibitive, and antitumor effects. The chemical components and pharmacological activities in different medicinal parts of the plants from Tamarix L. are reviewed in this paper, aiming at providing basis for further development and application of the plants in Tamarix L.

國際科技合作項目（2010DFB30540）