環(huán)烯醚萜類化合物是植物中存在的一大類化合物，具有多種藥理活性，是許多中藥的主要有效成分。對環(huán)烯醚萜類化合物的結構、分布、藥理活性及提取、分離、定量測定方法等方面進行了綜述，以期為環(huán)烯醚萜類化合物的進一步研究開發(fā)提供參考。

Iridoids is a large kind of compound occurring in plants. It is one of the main active constituents in many Chinese materia medica and has a lot of harmacological activities. Researches on the iridoids are reviewed from the aspects of their structure, distribution, pharmacological activity, extraction, isolation, and quantitative determination so as to provide a reference for the further study and development of iridoids.