1. It included Gale, evergreen Veratrum with flowering buds, dark green and striped-leaved Pyrola and a pretty Lycopodium.

2. Recent studies on chemical constituents of Veratrum plants and their pharmacological activities and clinical application were reviewed.

3. Any of various plants of the genus Veratrum having large leaves and green flowers.

4. Veratrum plants contain a variety of chemical constituents, mainly including steroidal alkaloids, stilbenes and flavonoid compounds.

5. The toxicity test indicated that of all 9 species of plant, the substances extracted from Chelidonium majus, Radix angelica dahurica , Pulsatillae Chinensis, Veratrum dah uricum Loes.

6. The effects of several plant pesticides on tobacco diseases and pests were studied in field during 2002-2004. The results indicated that Veratrum nigrum L. , Macleaya cordata (Willd. ) R. Br.

7. In the end, on the basis of our previous work, a summary of research on the pregnane alkaloids from plants of family Buxaceae, genus pachysandra and family Liliaceae, genus Veratrum. were reviewed.