Simultaneous determination of three phytoecdysteroids in the roots of four medicinal plants from the genus Asparagus by HPLC.

Abstract

The genus Asparagus is known to contain phytoecdysteroids that have been shown to exhibit many beneficial pharmacological properties such as improving lipid metabolism, modulating immunological responses, etc. Currently, knowledge about the contents of phytoecdysteroids in the roots of Asparagus species is limited and HPLC methods for their analyses are unsatisfactory.