Phytochemistry Studies

Swertiamarin, an active iridoid glycoside from Swertia pseudochinensis H. Hara, protects against alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate-induced cholestasis by activating the farnesoid X receptor and bile acid excretion pathway.

Shi M et al (2022).
J Ethnopharmacol.
PubMed:
35278607

Chemotaxonomic Classification of Peucedanum japonicum and Its Chemical Correlation with Peucedanum praeruptorum, Angelica decursiva, and Saposhnikovia divaricata by Liquid Chromatography Combined with Chemometrics.

Researchers investigated differences in the use of roots between Korea and China. They analyzed the genetic and chemical similarities among samples derived from different regions using DNA barcoding and chromatographic profiling with chemometric analyses. The results suggest that is more closely related to and , which are used to treat phlegm-heat-induced symptoms in China, than to the roots traditionally used in Korea. This could have important implications for the medicinal application of roots.

Kim JH, Doh EJ and Lee G (2022).
Molecules.
PubMed:
35268776