Smilax glabra
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| Smilax glabra | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Smilacaceae |
| Genus: | Smilax |
| Species: | S. glabra |
| Binomial name | |
| Smilax glabra Roxb. | |
Smilax glabra, the Chinaroot, tufuling (土茯苓) or sarsaparilla,[1] is a plant species in the genus Smilax.
S. glabra is used in Chinese herbology. It is also a key ingredient in the Chinese medical dessert guīlínggāo, which makes use of its property to set certain kinds of jelly.
Chemical composition
Dihydro-flavonol glycosides (astilbin, neoastilbin, isoastilbin, neoisoastilbin, (2R, 3R)-taxifolin-3'-O-beta-D-pyranoglucoside) have been identified in the rhizome of Smilax glabra[2] as well as smitilbin, a flavanonol rhamnoside.[3]
Sarsasapogenin, a steroidal sapogenin, can also be found in S.glabra.
References
- ↑ Sarsaparilla on rain-tree.com
- ↑ Yuan JZ, Dou DQ, Chen YJ, et al. (September 2004). "[Studies on dihydroflavonol glycosides from rhizome of Smilax glabra]". Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi (in Chinese) 29 (9): 867–70. PMID 15575206.
- ↑ A Flavonol Glycoside from Smilax glabra, Ting Chen, Jian Xin Li, Yu Cai, Qiang Xu, Chinese Chemical Letters, Vol. 13, No 6, 2002, pages 537-538
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