From Atractylodes lancea

YU K w, KiYOHARA H, MATSUMOTO T, YANG H 0, YAMADA H (1998) Intestinal immune system modulating polysaccharides from rhizomes of Atractylodes lancea. Planta Med. 64 714-9. 

Crude extracts from peony root, licorice root, Atractylodes lance a rhizome, and aconite root are traditionally prescribed in medicine clinically to relieve muscle pain and to cure tremors in neuromyopathy. Different kampo preparations include crude extracts from (1) peony and licorice roots (Shakuyaku-kanzo-to), (2) peony, licorice, and aconite roots (Shaku-kan-bushi-to), (3) peony, licorice, ginger roots, cassia cortex, and jujube fruit (Keishi-to), and (4) peony, licorice, aconite, ginger root, Atractylodes lancea rhizome, cassia cortex, and jujube fruit (Keishi-ka-jutubu-to). The main bioactive compounds derived from peony root, licorice root. 

Chen, H.-N., Shao, C., Zhao, J.-Z., Guan, X.-W., Ding, J., and Shao, S.-H. (2013b). Essential oil extracted from rhi-zoma of Atractylode lancea induces oncosis in human MKN-45 cancer cells. Eur. J. Inflam, 11(2), 397-403. 

Hashimoto, T., Y. Noma, S. Kato, M. Tanaka, S. Takaoka, andY. Asakawa, 1999b. Biotransformation of hinesol isolated from the crude drug Atractylodes lancea by Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus cellulosae. 

The application of this methodology in the synthesis of 1-(Z)-atractylodinol (81), a natural product isolated from the dried rhizomes of Atractylodes lancea De Candolle widely used in China and Japan against... 

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