Loganin

Japanese: loganin
Loganin

…The dried leaves are called suisaiyou in traditional Chinese medicine and are used as a bitter stomachic, containing gentianine and menthiafolin. The roots are called suisaikon and contain loganin and menthiafolin, which are effective against high blood pressure as well as stomachic. Menyanthes trifoliata (genus Menyanthes), Iwaichou (genus Iwaichou), and Flounder (genus Nymphaea) were once grouped together as the Menyanthes subfamily of the Gentianaceae family. …

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Japanese:

…乾燥葉は漢方で睡菜葉(すいさいよう)といい,苦味健胃薬として用いられ,ゲンチアニンgentianine,メンチアホリンmenthiafolinを含む。根は睡菜根(すいさいこん)と呼び,ロガニンloganin,メンチアホリンを含み,健胃薬のほかに高血圧に効く。 ミツガシワ(ミツガシワ属),イワイチョウ(イワイチョウ属),アサザ(アサザ属)などは,昔はリンドウ科のミツガシワ亜科としてまとめられていた。…

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