Lycoris Herbert, family Amaryllidaceae, is a small genus of about 20 species that are native to the warm temperate woodlands of eastern Asia, as in China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Himalayas. For many years, species of Lycoris have been subjected to extensive phytochemical and pharmacological investigations, resulting in either the isolation or identification of more than 110 Amaryllidaceae alkaloids belonging to different structural types. Amaryllidaceae alkaloids are frequently studied for their interesting biological properties, including antiviral, antibacterial, antitumor, antifungal, antimalarial, analgesic, cytotoxic, and cholinesterase inhibition activities. The present review aims to summarize comprehensively the research that has been reported on the phytochemistry and pharmacology of the genus Lycoris.

• Keywords
• Amaryllidaceae, Lycoris, Lycoris radiata, alkaloids, biological activity, folk medicine,
• MeSH
• Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids chemistry   therapeutic use   MeSH
• Amaryllidaceae chemistry   MeSH
• Antimalarials chemistry   therapeutic use   MeSH
• Phytochemicals therapeutic use   MeSH
• Plant Roots chemistry   MeSH
• Humans MeSH
• Lycoris chemistry   MeSH
• Plant Extracts chemistry   therapeutic use   MeSH
• Check Tag
• Humans MeSH
• Publication type
• Journal Article MeSH
• Review MeSH
• Geographicals
• China MeSH
• Names of Substances
• Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids MeSH
• Antimalarials MeSH
• Phytochemicals MeSH
• Plant Extracts MeSH