甘草作为一种常用的重要中药,被冠以“众药之王”称号,其药用价值倍受人们的广泛关注。作者通过查阅相关文献,综述了甘草中具有较好生物活性的黄酮类、三萜类以及多糖类化学成分的研究概况,为甘草的综合利用研究提供参考。 As a commonly used important traditional Chinese medicine, licorice is praised as “the king of all medicine” and its medicinal value has drawn much attention from people. The author reviews the related literature and summarizes the research status of flavonoids, triterpenes and polysaccharides in licorice which have good biological activity, and provides references for the comprehensive utilization of licorice.