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Common Names
Ban-Xia; Pan-Hsia
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 3,4-DIHYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE-DIGLUCOSIDE | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Tuber | 4180.0 | 10000.0 | 1.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Tuber | 2.0 | 4.0 | -1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCOSE | 1 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCURONIC-ACID | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Tuber | 30.0 | 130.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMOGENTISIC-ACID | 2 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMOGENTISIC-ACID-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Tuber | 70.0 | 95.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antihangover | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |