女貞子是一味著名的補益類中藥，《神農本草經》記載其具有補中、安五臟、養(yǎng)精神、除百疾等功效。現代醫(yī)學認為炎癥或免疫功能異常是包括腫瘤在內的許多疾病的病理、生理過程。女貞子具有抗非特異性炎癥、抗變態(tài)反應性炎癥、抗腫瘤及免疫調節(jié)作用，紅景天苷、酪醇、羥基酪醇、齊墩果酸、熊果酸和多糖是其主要活性成分，因此其具有極高的醫(yī)藥保健價值，經深度研究后可開發(fā)為抗炎、抗腫瘤新藥。

Ligustri Lucidi Fructus is a well-known invigorator in Chinese materia medica with the effects of tonifying middle, calming five zang-organs, cultivating spirit, eliminating all diseases recorded in Shennong Bencao Jing. In modern medicine, inflammation or disorder of immune function is considered to be a common pathophysiologic change in the most diseases including tumor. Ligustri Lucidi Fructus has antinonspecific inflammation, anti-allergic inflammation, antitumor with immunoregulation. Salidroside, tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol, oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, and polysaccharides are the main pharmacologically active components in Ligustri Lucidi Fructus. So it has great value in medical health, and may be developed to a new drug on anti-inflammation and antitumor through further research.