Research progress on active anti-stress components from natural products

Excessive stress can damage the immune system, the nervous system, the redox balance and endocrine System of the body. As the natural active substances have the advantages of high security and less side effect compared with the chemical synthesis of drugs, more and more researches focus on the polysaccharides, peptides, amino acids, essential oils and organic acids in plants and other natural active ingredients due to their anti-stress activity. Now it summarized research progress of the types and action pathways coming from natural products which played the anti-stress function, so as to provide some references for the research and development of the natural anti-stress.