An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Anemarrhena asphodeloides

Anemarrhena asphodeloides (Liliaceae)

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

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifibromyalgic 1 *
Antifibrotic 2 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antiglaucomic 1 *
Antihangover 1 *
Antihepatomic 1 *
Antihepatotic 1 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Antihepatotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic 2 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
AntiHIV 1 *
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 3 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.