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. 2020 May 27;10(7):1192–1204. doi: 10.1016/j.apsb.2020.05.007

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Top 10 most frequently applied herbs with therapeutic effects and chief chemical components possessing well-defined pharmacological activities. Only the chief chemical components with relatively well-elucidated pharmacological activities are shown. Chemical structures were downloaded from the National Center for Biotechnology Information37. Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizome (Gan Cao): glycyrrhetinic acid (C30H46O4, MW = 470.7); Scutellariae Radix (Huang Qin): baicalein (C15H10O5, MW = 270.24); Armeniacae Semen Amarum (Ku Xing Ren): amygdalin (C20H27NO11, MW = 457.48); Lonicerae Japonicae Flos (Jin Yin Hua): fhlorogenic acid (C16H18O9, MW = 354.31); Forsythiae Fructus (Lian Qiao): forsythiaside (C29H36O15, MW = 624.65); Ephedrae Herba (Ma Huang): ephedrine (C10H15NO, MW = 165.23); Poria (Fu Ling): pachymic acid (C33H52O5, MW = 528.85); Pogostemon Cablin (Guang Huo Xiang): patchouli alcohol (C15H26O, MW = 222.37); Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chen Pi): hesperidin (C28H34O15, MW = 610.62); Platycodonis Radix (Jie Geng): platycodin D (C57H92O281, MW = 225.49, Supporting Information Table S9).