ABSTRACT
Aleuritopteris argentea grows in a gap between rock[1], which is all dry grass of Chinese fern powder back fern genera Aleuritopteris argentea (Gmel.)Fee. It has efficies, such as being used in an expectorant cough, invigorating the circulation of menstruation, for relieving convulsion, and so on. The drug attending a cough, menoxenia, leucorrhea with red, wounds fester, fracture, eyelid dry erosion, red eyes, confused and other symptoms[2]. This study shows that Aleuritopteris argentea contains flavonoids, Aleuritopteris acid[3], alkaloids[4], chlorogenic acid[5], and other ingredients. Yumin Bao[6] confirmed that Aleuritopteris argentea flavonoids had strong antioxidant activity. Flavonoids have anti myocardial ischemia, anti cerebral ischemia, free radical scavenging, antibacterial, antiviral, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, and other effects; it is also a hot research field with regard to medicine, food, and so on. This article aims at exploring the content of total flavonoids in various parts of medicinal herbs, providing a reference basis for further studies on Aleuritopteris argentea.
