[Quality of rhizoma Anemarrhenae grown for different periods of time and gathered in different seasons]

Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 1993 Aug;18(8):467-8, 509.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

The experimental results have shown that except the stem and leaves all kinds of Rhizoma Anemarrhenae and all parts of the herb contain sarsasapogenin, but the contents are different. Furthermore, the root and peel of Rhizoma Anemarrhenae may be used as drug instead of Rhizoma Anemarrhenae.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*
  • Plants, Medicinal / growth & development
  • Sapogenins / analysis*
  • Seasons
  • Spirostans / analysis*

Substances

  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Sapogenins
  • Spirostans
  • sarsasapogenin