Abstract: This paper mainly described the structure types and pharmacological activities of iridoids from Genus Lonicera.,as well as their isolation and testing methods. About 70 compounds belonging to three different structures have been isolated from Lonicera plants.The separation method of iridoids can be summarized as three steps,which are solvent soaking,liquid-liquid extraction and then subjected to column chromatography on silica gel,Rp C₁₈ reversed phase silica gel,sephadex LH-20, etc. In general,iridiods from Lonicera were detected with HPLC.With regard to the studies on pharmacological activities of iridoids,antiinflammatory,analgesia,antipyresis,liver protection and anti-virus effect were paid more attention by researchers.In addition,the biosynsesis of iridoids was also reviewed in this paper.

Key words: iridoid compounds, separation method, testing method, structure types, pharmacological activity