Chemical constituents of Pedicularis muscicola Maxim
Yang, L.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi 17(8): 485-487; 512
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 1001-5302 PMID: 1482535 Document Number: 391855
It is one of the main components in an effective secret recipe for the treatment of snakebite in Mabian, an autonomaus county of the Yi nationality in Sichuan province. Four compounds have been isolated from the herb of Pedicularis muscicola. On the basis of spectrometric analysis and physico-chemical constants, they were identified as pediculariside, D-mannitol, arachidic acid and hentriacontane.