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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Anemarrhena asphodeloides (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Chih-Mu; Zhi-Mu
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CIS-HINOKIRESINOL 4 Plant *
COPPER 12 Rhizome 5.0 9.0 -0.34 *
IRON 6 Rhizome 90.0 1400.0 3.14 *
ISOMANGIFERIN 2 Plant Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LILAGENIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-->2)-[BETA-XYLOPYRANOSYL-(1-->3)]-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-->4)-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSID 0 Rhizome *
MAGNESIUM 65 Rhizome 1130.0 1200.0 -0.46 *
MANGANESE 14 Rhizome 10.0 40.0 -0.57 *
MANGIFERIN 18 Rhizome 1200.0 13000.0 *
MANGIFERIN-7-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 1 Rhizome *
MARKOGENIN 0 Rhizome *
MARKOGENIN-3-O-TIMOBIOSIDE 0 Rhizome *
NEOGITOGENIN 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NEOGITOGENIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-->2)[BETA-XYLOPYRANOSYL-(1-->3)]-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1-->4)-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOS 0 Rhizome *
NICOTINAMIDE 2 Rhizome *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NYASOL 6 Rhizome *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
POTASSIUM 14 Rhizome 5360.0 10100.0 -0.32 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SAPONINS 5 Rhizome 60000.0 -1.00 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarrhythmic 4 *
Antiarthritic 6 *
Antiasthmatic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 3 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCFS 1 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 1 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95