Department of Phytochemistry, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, CAMS, PUMC, Beijing 100094, China.
This report is the summary of our research on the chemical constitutents and their antitumor activities of Annonaceae plants. Annonaceous acetogenins, polyoxy-cyclohexenoids, and styryl-lactones from Annonaceae are the main constituents of antitumor activities. They are expected to develop a kind of new antitumor medicines.