Active Principle, p-Methoxycinnamic Acid, of Scrophulariae Radix I Identification of p-Methoxycinnamic Acid and its Antipyretic action.

현삼의 유효성분, p-Methoxycinnamic acid, 에 관한 연구 I p-Methoxycinnamic acid의 동정 및 그 해열작용

Antipyretic substance is isolated from roots of Scrophularia Oldhami which is used as antipyretic and anti-inflammatory drug. This substance is identified as p-methoxycinnamic acid which rarely occurs in plants.