International Journal of Medicine and Data

The Chinese herbal medicine Andrographis Paniculata is an annual herb of the genus Andrographis in the family Acanthaceae. It is often used to treat bacillary dysentery, dyspepsia, snake bites, and neurodermatitis. Andrographolide is a kind of diterpenoid lactone compound extracted and isolated from Andrographolide. In recent years, with the deepening of chemical and network pharmacology research, it has been found that Andrographolide has good anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and other pharmacological effects. Because of its good pharmacological activity, the purification process and content determination method of Andrographolide have been highly concerned by many scholars. This article reviews the purification process, content determination method and pharmacological action of Andrographolide in order to provide new ideas for further research on Andrographolide and the development and application of related drugs.

Andrographolide; Purification technology; Content determination; Pharmacological activity