[Chemistry and biological activities of Viburnum odoratissimum]

Viburnum odoratissimum is a folk medicinal plant, it can dredge the meridian passage and contains mainly diterpenes, Triterpenes, Flavonoids, Sesquiterpenes, Lignans, coumarin glycosides, etc. Vibsanin-type Diterpenoids are the characteristic compounds of V. odoratissimum, and are divided into eleven-membered ring, seven-membered ring, and rearrangement-type. Vibsanin B, vibsanin C and neovibsanin A are the representative compounds of the three subtypes of vibsanin-type Diterpenoids respectively. V. odoratissimum has cytotoxic activity, Antibacterial activity, fish piscicidal activity and activity of inhibiting the growth of Plants, Cytotoxic activity is the main biological activity.