Chemical constituents Research Progress of Selaginella Tamariscina

Selaginella tamariscina is a perennial herbaceous plant,which belongs to Selaginellaceae selaginella, commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. So far, more than 130 kinds of chemical constituents have been isolated and reported from domestic and foreign scholars, including 40 kinds of flavonoids, 20 kinds of phenylpropanoids, 17 kinds of steroids, 26 kinds of acetophenol compounds as well as glycosides, phenols, anthraquinones, terpenes, alkaloids, etc. In this paper, the multifarious chemical composition of the Selaginella were summarized, which provided a reference for the further study and clinical application of Selaginella.