Paeonol

Abstract

Paeonol is the main active ingredient of the cortex of the Ranunculaceae plants including Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. and Rhododendron plant Cynanchum paniculatum (Bge.) Kitag. Paeonol has a wide range of pharmacological effects, such as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, analgesic, and antispasmodic. Paeonol monomeric drugs are developed, and the formulations approved by SFDA include tablets, injections, and ointment. Paeonol injection was the earliest recorded in the Chinese pharmacopoeia 1977 edition, and it is the main formulation until now. Paeonol is considered to be a broad development prospects because of its significant effect and nonaddictive advantage in anti-inflammatory analgesia and other broad pharmacological activities.