Paris polyphylla (Polyphyllous Paris)

Traditional uses

Nepal

• Anthelminthic

China

• Bite(Bug)
• Bite(Snake)
• Bruise
• Cancer
• Constipation
• Diphtheria
• Eclampsia
• Encephalitis
• Fever
• Puerperia
• Sore
• Spasm
• Typhoid
• Boil
• Ague
• Bite(Rat)
• Scrofula
• Swelling

Elsewhere

• Inflammation
• Tonic
• Vermifuge

Chemicals

Rhizome

• DIOSCIN
• DIOSGENIN
• DIOSGENIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL-(1->4)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
• ALPHA-PARIDIN
• PENNOGENIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL-(1->4){ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-{1->2})-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
• PENNOGENIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL-(1->4)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
• SUGAR — 79000
• ALPHA-PARISTYPHNIN
• DIOSGENIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-RHAMNOPYRANOSYL-(1->2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
• PENNOGENIN-3-O-ALPHA-L-ARABINOFURANOSYL-(1->2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE-HEXACETATE
• STEROIDS

Plant

• 3-HYDROXYPREGNA-5,16-DIEN-20-ONE-3-O-CHACOTRIOSIDE
• PARIPHYLLIN-A
• PARIPHYLLIN-B

Bulb

• POLYPHYLLIN-C — 90
• POLYPHYLLIN-E — 4550
• POLYPHYLLIN-F — 4550
• POLYPHYLLIN-D — 10000
• POLYPHYLLIN-H — 4550
• POLYPHYLLIN-A — 180

Activities

1. Amebicide — 1 compounds; DIOSCIN
2. Antifatigue — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
3. Antigliomic — 1 compounds; DIOSCIN
4. Antiinflammatory — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
5. Antistress — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
6. Antitumor — 1 compounds; DIOSCIN
7. Estrogenic — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
8. Hemolytic — 1 compounds; DIOSCIN
9. Hepatoprotective — 1 compounds; toxic activity; DIOSGENIN
10. Hypocholesterolemic — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
11. Mastogenic — 1 compounds; DIOSGENIN
12. Myocardiodepressant — 1 compounds; toxic activity; ALPHA-PARISTYPHNIN
13. Pesticide — 1 compounds; DIOSCIN
14. Piscicide — 1 compounds; DIOSCIN
15. Respiradepressant — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PARISTYPHNIN
16. Vasoconstrictor — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PARISTYPHNIN
17. Vasodilator — 1 compounds; ALPHA-PARISTYPHNIN

Toxic compounds

• ALPHA-PARISTYPHNIN — Myocardiodepressant; Rhizome
• DIOSGENIN — Hepatoprotective; Rhizome