Description

Tripterygium wilfordii, a perennial twining shrub of the Celastrales, has been used medicinally for centuries, mainly to treat rheumatoid arthritis. triptolide has been demonstrated to possess important therapeutic potential with anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive, and antitumor activities, as well as to exhibit potentially medically relevant activity for central nervous system diseases.

Scientific classitication

Family: Celastraceae

Genus: Tripterygium

Common Name

Lei Gong Teng

Reference

Tu, L., Su, P., Zhang, Z., Gao, L., Wang, J., Hu, T., Zhou, J., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Y., Liu, Y., Song, Y., Tong, Y., Lu, Y., Yang, J., Xu, C., Jia, M., Peters, R. J., Huang, L., & Gao, W. (2020). Genome of Tripterygium wilfordii and identification of cytochrome P450 involved in triptolide biosynthesis. Nature communications, 11(1), 971.