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Asparagus adscendens ROXB.
Botanical Name
:
Asparagus adscendens ROXB.
English
Name
:
Loosestrife
Family
:
Liliaceae
General Info
Description
It is a sub-erect, prickly shrub with white tuberous roots. Stem is sub-erect, terete and smooth. Branchlets are ascending, grooved and angled. Angles are minutely scabrid. Spines are 1.5 cm long, stout and straight. Cladodes are dense, slender, filiform, terete, soft and sub-erect or curved. Racemes are many flowered. Perianth segments are spreading. The berry is one seeded.
Herb Effects
Demulcent, diaphoretic, galactogogue, stimulant, aphrodisiac (root bark powder); antimicrobial (root).
Chemistry
Active Ingredients
O-[beta-D-2-tetracosylxylophyranosyl]-stigma- sterol, 3-beta-O-[beta-D-glycopyranosyl (12)-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl]-stigmasterol (dried root); asparagin (root); sarsasapogenin (plant).
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients
Name
CAS#
IUPAC Name
Formula
Structure
Asparagin 3130-87-8
2,4-diamino-4-oxo-bu C4 H8 N2 O3
Sarsasapogenin 82597-74-8
Not Available C27 H44 O3
Pharmacology
Medicinal Use
In diarrhea and dysentery (root powder); as an aphrodisiac and to increase sperm count (root bark powder).
Contraindication
May cause congestion.
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