Shorttube Lycoris Blub

Overview

Aliases

Laoyasuan, Wusuan, Yinsuochi, Dusuan, Honghua Shisuan, Longzhaocaotou, Yesuan, Shanniaodu

Nature and Flavor

Warm, pungent, sweet. Toxic

What's Inside

Ingredients

Constituents: The bulb contains carbohydrates: fructose, glucose and sucrose. Alkaloids: pseudolycorine, lycorine, homolycorine, lycorenine, tazettine, lycoramine, galanthamine, pluviine, demethylpluviine, demethylhomolycorine, hippeastrine, epigalanthamine, vittatine, haemanthidine, lycoricidinol and lycoricidine.

Therapeutic Effects

1. Sedative, antipyretic, and analgesic effects: Intraperitoneal injection of lycorine in mice or intramuscular injection in rabbits produces sedative effects. Subcutaneous or intravenous injection of lycorine lowers body temperature in rats. Intraperitoneal administration in mice enhances the analgesic effects of morphine or Corydalis. 2. Anticholinesterase effect: In vitro studies show that galanthamine and lycoramine inhibit cholinesterase activity in rabbit whole blood, muscle, and brain homogenates.

Precautions

No precautions information available

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