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丹參（Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.）為唇形科多年生草本植物，使用部位為根部，為一傳統之中藥材，『神農本草經』列為上品生藥，廣泛用於婦女月經失調、失眠、關節炎及心血管、血液類等之疾病；『本草綱目』有「一味丹參功同四物湯」之記載（陸和黎，1993）。

現代之研究顯示其對於抗腫瘤、抗菌、冠心病、特別是心血管方面如心絞痛、和心肌梗塞有良好的治療功用(Gu et al., 2007)。丹參具有很強的抗氧化能力，對心血管疾病之預防有很大的助益(Weng and Gordon, 1992., Zhao et al.,1996)；丹參之有效活性成分主要分為水溶性及脂溶性化合物等二大類，水溶性之化合物主要為酚類化合物如丹參酚酸B (salvianolic acid B)等，脂溶性化合物主要為丹參酮(tanshione)類，包括隱丹參酮(cryptotanshione)、丹參酮I、II及II A等（Liu et al.,2007）。丹參酮IIA有促進血液循環之功效(Gu et al., 2004)；丹參酚酸B有清除自由基及保護因局部缺血對心臟及腦部之傷害，由學者之研究丹參對於心血管方面具有很好的療效，具發展為心血管疾病保健用之食材與保健產品的中藥草之一。

參考資料：
(1) 陸欽堯、黎明。1993 。丹參 p.131-134。益壽中草藥。 渡假出版社。
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