Pharmacologic Action of Breviscapine in Cardio-cerebrovascular Disease

Herba Erigerontis is a characteristic and wild medicinal plant of Yunnan province.It has exceptional power in activating blood and dissolving stasis,tendon relaxtion and improving microcirculation.Erigeron Breviscapus has a big market with higher economic value.Flavones which is the major effective component in plants of Erigeron Breviscapus was called Breviscapine.This article reviewed the research progress of Breviscapine in the extraction methods,structural modification and pharmacological effects in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in recent years.