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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
SARSASAPOGENIN 0 Rhizome *
SARSASAPOGENIN-3-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SARSASAPOGENIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SARSASAPOGENIN-3-O-BETA-SOPHOROSIDE 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SARSASAPOGENIN-3-O-BETA-TIMOBIOSIDE 0 Rhizome *
SODIUM 1 Rhizome 52.0 289.0 -0.30 *
TIMOSAPONIN-A-I 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TIMOSAPONIN-A-II 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TIMOSAPONIN-A-III 2 Rhizome *
TIMOSAPONIN-A-IV 0 Rhizome Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TIMOSAPONIN-B 0 Rhizome *
TIMOSAPONIN-B-I 2 Rhizome *
TIMOSAPONIN-B-II 2 Rhizome *
TIMOSAPONIN-B-III 2 Rhizome *
XANTHONE 0 Rhizome 13000.0 Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ZINC 77 Rhizome 19.0 27.0 -0.35 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Choleretic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 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
Collagenic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 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
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diuretic 4 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Ergogenic 1 *
Expectorant 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Fungicide 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic 2 *