• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.455-459
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• 2001

Melandrii Herba has been used for tympanitis, sore throat, dysentery and dehumidifying diuretic. From the BuOH fraction of methanol extracts, three ecdysteroids (ecdysterone, ecdysterone 22-acetate and inokosterone) were isolated by column chromatography using Amberlite XAD-4, ODS and Sephadex LH-20 gel and by HPLC method. The structures of these compounds were identified on the basis of spectroscopic methods.