The Research on the Medicinal Value of Amaryllidaceae Plants

The present paper reviews the research on the medicinal value of Amaryllidaceae plants. The medicinal value of Amaryllidaceae plants attracts much attention nowadays by By discovery the pharmaco-activity of alkaloid series within plants etc. Lycoris radiata, Crinum asiaticum L. Kafir Lily, Curculigo orchioides gaertn. This paper mainly discourses the mecicinal value on the pharmaco-activity of Amaryllidaceae plants. The study found that Amaryllidaceae plants have effects on anti-tumor, antiinflammatory, antibiosis, and antiviral, antimalarial and so on, and have some effects on the immune system, central nervous system, inhibition AcCHE.