What is Curculigo orchioides or Xian Mao?
Contents:
- Basic Botanical Info and Identification:What is Curculigo orchioides or Xian Mao?.
- Botanical Description:Curculigo orchioides.
- Curculigo orchioides Phytochemicals and Constitutents.
- History Registrations:Rhizoma Curculiginis.
- Actions and Uses:Curculigo orchioides.
- Pharmacological Effects:Curculigo orchioides.
- Rhizoma Curculiginis Boost Yang Preparations.
- Research Update: rhizoma Curculiginis.
Curculigo orchioides Phytochemicals and Constitutents.
Main content: lycorine,C16H17NO4.
Other Phytochemicals: curculigenin A;curculigenin B;curculigenin C;curculigosaponin A;curculigosaponin B; curculigosaponin C;curculigosaponin D;curculigosaponin E;curculigosaponin F;curculigosaponin G;curculigosaponin H;curculigosaponin I;curculigosaponin J;curculigosaponin XI;curculigosaponin XII; curculigol; 31-methyl-3-oxo-ursen-28-oic acid; orcinol glucoside; curculigine A;curculigine B;curculigine C;curculigoside B;corchioside;N-acetyl-N-hydroxy-2-carbamic acid methyl ester;3-acetyl-5-carbomethoxy-2-H-3.4.5.6-tetrahydro-1.2.3.5.6-oxatetrazin;N,N,N',N"-tetramethy succinamide; yuccagenin; 5,7-dimethoxy mecetin-3-O-alpha-L-xylosyl(4-1)-O-Beta-D-glucoside; 4-acetyl-2-methoxy-5-methyl tricontane; 25-hydroxy-33-methyl pentricontan-6-one; Beta-sitosterol,etc.
A glycoside 5, 7-dimethoxy myricetin 3-0-L-xylo- pyranosyl 4-0-Beta -D glycopyranoside is present in the rhizomes. Free sugars, mucilage, hemicellulose; and other polysaccharides are present. ?-sitosterol and crystalline needles of sapogenin have been detected. The chloroform extract indicated the presence of alkaloids. Curculigoside, a phenolic glycoside, has been characterized.
Resins,fatty acids, starch,phlegm, and 5,7-dime-thoxymricetin-3-0-alpha-L-xylopyranosyl-4-0-beta-D-glucopyanosode.
Root contains resins,fatty acids,starch,and mucilage composed of Mannose,Glucose,and glucuronic acid(6:9:10). hemicellulose 20.15%,other Polysaccharides 17.01%,etc.
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1.What is Curculigo orchioides or Xian Mao?
last edit date:10th,Mar.2010.
- Name:Rhizoma Curculiginis Extract
- Serie No:P075
- Specifications:10:1 by Alcohol/TLC
- INCI Name:Curculigo Orchioides Gaertn Extract.
- EINECS/ELINCS No.:N/A
- CAS:N/A
- Chem/IUPAC Name:Curculigo orchioides Gaertn Extract is an extract from rhizoma of Curculigo orchioides Gaertn.var.ninor Benth,Amaryllidaceae.





