Aristolochia kaempferi

Wu TS, Leu YL, Chan YY. Aristofolin-A, a denitro-aristolochic acid glycoside and other constituents from aristolochia kaempferi. Phytochemistry 1998 49 2509-2510. 

Aristolochia contorta Bunge. A. kaempferi Willd. A. longa Thunb. A. recurvilabra Hance Ma Dou Ling (stem) Aristolochic acid A, aristolochic acid D, aristoloside, magnoflorine, oleanolic acid, beta-sitosterol, hederagenin.48 This herb is toxic. Treat pulmonary disorders, antitussive, an expectorant in asthma and bronchitis. 

Aristolochia contorta Bunge., A. recurvilabra Hance, A. kaempferi Willd., A. longa Thunb. 

Aristolochia shimadai, A. debilis, Clematis armandii, C. heracleifolia Aristolochia contorta, A. kaempferi, A. longa, A. recurvilabra Aristolochia contorta, A. kaempferi, A. longa, A. recurvilabra Aristolochia debilis... 

Hederagenin Aristolochia contorta, A. kaempferi, A. longa, A. recurvilabra, Caulophyllum robustum... 

It is interesting to note that Formosan Aristolochia species including A. cucurbitifolia, A. foveolata, A. heterophylla, A. kaempferi and A. zollingeriana are the only species [159,228,244-246] from which sodium salts of aristolochic acids were isolated. However, very recently Lopes and co workers have also isolated sodium aristolochate I (21), II (18), Ilia (19) and IVa (22) from Brazilian species, A. pubescens [208], Isolates of this class from various Aristolochia species were listed in Table 4. 

A (197) and B (198) were reported as new chlorophyll derivatives from A. elegans [168,292] and aristophyll C (199) was also found as a new chlorophyll in A. heterophylla [232], Methyl pheophorbide-a (200) and methyl 21-hydroxy-(21f )-pheophorbide-a (201) were isolated from A. cucurbitifolia [56,159], A known chlorophyll, pheophytin-a (202), was isolated from A. kaempferi [229]. Another new pheophytin-a derivative described from A. heterophylla is 132-hydroxy-(1325)-pheophytin-a (203) [232], Incidentally, all these chlorophylls were isolated by our group from Aristolochia species collected in Taiwan. 

Aristolochia debilis (Aristolochiaceae) is a perennial vine that grows wild in the plains and on the banks of the rivers in Japan.The dried roots are called Sei-mokkoh or Do-sei-mokkoh, and the dried fruits are called Ba-to-rei, and are used in Kampo medicine. The dried roots are used as an antipyretic, and the dried fhrits as a sedative, antitussive, and to clear the throat. In Korea and China, Anhalonium contorta and Anhalonium kaempferi are used instead of A. debilis. 

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