Ascaridole as a pharmacologically active principle of 'Paico,' a medicinal Peruvian plant

Article abstract of DOI:10.1248/cpb.41.1309

'Paico,' Chenopodium ambrosioides L., is a traditional Peruvian medicine which is considered to be nervine, antirheumatic, anthelmintic, etc. An attempt was made to isolate the component having sedative and/or analgesic properties from 'Paico' and 'Aritasou' (the Japanese name for C. ambrosioides). Ascaridole was identified as the active principle in both materials.

Full text of DOI:10.1248/cpb.41.1309

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