“…Sesquiterpenoids, possessing a variety of different carbon cores, including eremophilanes, bisabolanes, oplopanes, benzofurans, and germacrenes, were investigated as the main components in the genus Ligularia (Asteraceae). − More than 500 eremophilane sesquiterpenoids have been isolated from this genus . These sesquiterpenoids also displayed a variety of bioactivities including cytotoxic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, insecticidal, and antiproliferative activities. , Both structural diversity and unique biological activities have attracted scientists’ attention, and extensive phytochemical and biological investigations aiming at sesquiterpenoids from the genus Ligularia have been carried out by several Asian research groups over recent decades. ,− Of course, many other scientists have also made great contributions to the research of sesquiterpenoids in this genus .…”