%0 Journal Article %A Linjing Wu %A Nenling Zhang %A Xiang Liu %A Xiangchun Shen %T Plant-Derived Kavalactones and Their Bioactivities %D 2018 %R 10.21127/yaoyimr20170019 %J Medicine Research %P 170019-3 %V 2 %N 1 %X

Kavalactones, mainly found in Piper methysticum, are a class of lactone compounds usually with an arylethylene-pyrone skeleton. Till now, fifty-one kavalactones have been isolated from the genera Piper, Alpinia, Amomum, Polygala, Goniothalamus, and Dumortiera. The bioactivities of six kavalactones, kawain, 7,8-dihydro- kawain, methysticin, dihydromethysticin, yangonin, and desmethoxyyagonin, have been studied extensively. This review aims to give an overview of kavalactones in the plants and their various bioactivities.

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