金樱子(Rosa laevigata Michx)果实是一种中国药用植物,它具有利尿、排除胃肠气胀和止咳作用,常被用来治疗顽固性的腹泻和肠炎。在中国,它的叶子被用来治疗皮肤癌、烧伤和溃疡。作者在进行蔷薇科植物低聚水解鞣质的色谱研究过程中,发现金樱子含有大量的仙鹤草素—一种二聚鞣花鞣质,它过去只有在龙牙草属和委陵菜属的某些种中发现。 The fruit of Rosa laevigata Michx is a Chinese medicinal plant. It has diuretic properties, eliminates flatulence, and relieves cough. It is often used to treat refractory diarrhea and enteritis. In China, its leaves are used to treat skin cancer, burns and ulcers. During the chromatographic study of oligohydrolyzed tannins of Rosaceae plants, the authors found that Rosa laevigata contains a lot of agrimonine, a dimerized enamel tannin, which used to be only in the genus Agrimonia and Potentilla. Found in some species.