大戟科麻瘋樹屬植物由于具有較高的藥用價值，其根、莖、葉、種子均可入藥，在民間應用廣泛。該屬植物野生部分在我國主要分布于廣東、海南等地。研究表明該屬植物主要含有萜類、黃酮類、木脂素類、香豆素類、生物堿類等化學成分，具有抗腫瘤、抗HIV、抑菌、殺蟲、抗氧化等多方面的藥理活性。綜述了近年來國內(nèi)外對麻瘋樹屬植物的化學成分和藥理活性的研究進展。

The plants in Jatropha L., Euphorbiaceae family are widely used in folks because of their officinal values. The roots, stems, leaves and fruits of these plants could be used as medicine. Part of wild plants mainly distributed in Guangdong and Hainan Provinces. The plants chiefly contain terpenoids, flavonoids, lignans, coumarin, alkaloids, and so on. Furthermore, they play an important role in anti-cancer, anti-HIV, anti-bacteria, killing germs and antioxidation. This article summarizes the chemical constituents and pharmacological of activities the plants in Jatropha L.in recent years.

遼寧省中醫(yī)藥科技創(chuàng)新項目資助項目（2001-lnzyxzk-07）；遼寧省高等學校杰出青年學者成長計劃資助項目（LJQ2012088）