绞股蓝为葫芦科绞股蓝屑植物绞股蓝(Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Makino),生长在我国长江流域及以南地区。七十年代中后期中外学者研究发现绞股蓝皂甙具有人参皂甙类似的结构和功能。目前从该属植物中分离鉴定了50多种达玛烷型四环三萜皂甙,二种甾体类成分及其它类型化学成分。经临床和药理实验证明绞股蓝总皂甙具有降血脂和抑 Gynostemma pentaphyllum is a Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Makino (Gynostemma Pentaphyllum Makino), which grows in the Yangtze River basin and south of China. In the late seventies, Chinese and foreign scholars found that Gynostemma saponin has similar structure and function of ginsenosides. At present, more than 50 kinds of tetrahydropalmatine, four kinds of steroids and other types of chemical components are isolated and identified from this genus. Clinical and pharmacological experiments have demonstrated that Gynostemma total saponins have hypolipidemic and inhibitory effects