This paper summarized the antioxidative and antiviral activities of more than 10 kinds of plant polysaccharides studied in recent years, and predicted the application prospect of plant polysaccharide.

• 综述了近年来10余种植物多糖的抗氧化与抗病毒活性研究进展，并对植物多糖的应用前景作了展望。