Gossypin: A flavonoid with diverse pharmacological effects

Gossypin is a flavonoid compound prepared from chinese medicine Hibiscus, which not only has significant pharmacological activities in antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, neuroprotective, anti‐cancer, anti‐tumor, and anti‐diabetic aspects, but also has the advantages of small side effects and easy preparation because it is extracted from traditional chinese medicine, so it has received widespread attention from scholars and researchers. This paper reviews the pharmacological effects and mechanisms of gossypin in recent years, and hopes to provide a theoretical basis for its clinical application. Gossypin is a flavonoid compound prepared from Chinese medicine Hibiscus, which not only has significant pharmacological activities in antioxidant, anti‐inflammatory, neuroprotective, anti‐cancer, anti‐tumor, and anti‐diabetic aspects, but also has the advantages of small side effects because it is extracted from traditional chinese medicine. In this paper, the pharmacological effects and mechanisms of gossypin in recent years are reviewed so that we can better predict its intrinsic physiological activity and provide a theoretical basis for accelerating the clinical application of gossypin.