Qingdan Du, Dongdong Wang, Shu Wang
The Bulbus Fritillariae (BF) is a Traditional Chinese Medicine treating cough and asthma. This article summarized the present research on BFs and mainly focused on the alkaloids, which are the most effective components in BFs. The article contained the geographical distribution, identification of BFs, and the extraction, isolation of the alkaloids, as well as the pharmacological efficacy and bioavailability of BFs.