Broadleaf Liriope Root

The tuber of Ophiopogon contains various steroidal saponins whose aglycone is ruscogenin; it also contains beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-sitosterol-beta-D-glucoside. The fruit contains ophiopogonin, which is kaempferol-3-glucogalactoside. The tuber of the Ophiopogon variant contains various steroidal saponins called ophiopogonins A, B, C, and D, etc.; among them, the aglycones of ophiopogonins A, B, and D are all ruscogenin; it also contains beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, and beta-sitosterol-beta-L-glucoside.

1. Effect on blood sugar: intramuscular injection of 50% Ophiopogon decoction into rabbits raised the blood sugar; furthermore, oral administration of the water or alcohol extract of Ophiopogon to normal rabbits had a blood sugar-lowering effect; it also had a blood sugar-lowering effect in alloxan-diabetic rabbits and could promote the recovery of islet cells, with a trend towards an increase in liver glycogen compared with the control group. 2. Antibacterial effect: Ophiopogon powder has a certain inhibitory effect in vitro on Staphylococcus albus and Escherichia coli.

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