Research progress in active constituents of Chinese materia medica for treating sepsis

Sepsis is the systemic inflammatory response syndrome caused by infection,which is common complications after serious infection,sever trauma or burn,and surgery.Becarse of the high prevalence and mortality but no effective drugs,sepsis becomes the crux of the worldwide medical problem.In recent years,the clinical and experimental studies have found that a variety of monomer constituents in Chinese materia medica have the certain effects in the treatment of sepsis.This paper reviews the research advances in study on the active constituents from Chinese materia medica for treating sepsis according to their chemical structures,and it could provide the ideas and references for the further research and development in Chinese materia medica for the treatment of sepsis.