刺山柑是维吾尔族习用药材，具有广泛的药理作用，包括抗炎止痛、保肝、降血糖、降血脂、抗氧化等，目前已发现生物碱类、黄酮类、硫苷类等是其主要活性成分。本文主要是对近十年来刺山柑不同药用部位的成分、药理作用及其相关临床应用的研究进行了详细的综述，旨在为刺山柑的药用价值得到合理利用提供依据。

Capparis spinosa L. is a Uygur medicinal herb, which has a wide range of pharmacological effects, including anti-inflammatory and pain relief, liver protection, hypoglycemia, hypolipidemia, antioxidant and so on. Alkaloids, flavonoids, thioglycosides have been found to be its main active ingredients. In this paper, the composition, pharmacological action and clinical application of different medicinal parts of C. spinosa in recent ten years were reviewed in detail, in order to provide a basis for rational utilization of the medicinal value of Capparis spinosa L.