As a kind of medicine and food homology plant with great utilization value

Lilii Bulbus is rich in resources and widely distributed in China. Phytochemical researches have shown that Lilii Bulbus contains

phenols-glycerides

alkaloids

flavones

amino acids

phospholipids

alkanes and other compositions

and mainly of steroidal saponins and polysaccharides. Pharmacological researches have shown that Lilii Bulbus exhibits excellent antitumor

antidepression

antioxidant

hypoglycemic

antifatigue

antihypoxia

immunomodulatory anti-inflammatory

and Na+/K+ ATPase inhibitory effect. Polysaccharides

steroidal saponins and alkaloids in Lilii Bulbus can inhibit the proliferation and promote the apoptosis of multiple cancer cells. Also

the steroidal saponin is the active ingredient for antidepression effect. The present paper reviewed the phytochemistry and pharmacological activities research in the past 30 years of Lilii Bulbus through accessing multiple databases such as CNKI

Wanfang

ScienceDirect

PubMed and Web of science

aiming to provide reference for further research and utilization of Lilii Bulbus.