Astragalus mongholicus

Immunostimulant activity. Fresh plant juice, in the ration of female mice, was active in ovalbumin-sensitized mice . Water extract of the dried root, taken orally by human adults, was active. A pharmaceutical solution containing fruit bodies of Tremella fuciformis, Daucus carom root, Astragalus mongholicus root and Zizyphus jujuba fruits, honey, vitamin A palmitate, zinc sulfate, and vitamin C is claimed useful as an immunostimulant for controlling AIDS, cancer, and infections L Inotropic effect (negative). Ethanol (80%) extract of the aerial parts, at a concentration of 0.3 mg/mL, was active on the guinea pig atrium . 

Subarnas, A., Oshima, Y., and Hikino, H., Isoflavans and a pterocarpan from Astragalus mongholicus, Phytochemistry, 30, 2777, 1991. 

The above-ground parts of certain chemically distinct species of astragalus are known to cause a disease called loco-ism which can cause reproductive abnormalities in livestock. The compound swainsonine, which causes locoism, is not present in Astragalus mongholicus (Rios and Waterman 1997). 

Apocynum androsaemifolium root Apocynum cannabinum root Astragalus mongholicus root Carthamus tinctorius flower Commiphora wightii gum resin Convallaria majalis entire plant Cytisus scoparius flowering top Ginkgo biloba leaf... 

Astragalus mongholicus Bunge Fabaceae Inhibit LPS-induced production of TNF-a and L-8 [147]... 

Taxonomy Cycloartane Triterpenoids Astragalus mongholicus Btmge (Leguminosae) [1]. 

Taxonomy Cycloartane Glycosides Astragalus mongholicus Bunge (Leguminosae) [1]. Mp 143-145°C, [a]o +47.9. 

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