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Pharmacognosy-2 (PG303) Level 2 Clini

Undergrou

Filix mas ‫السرخس‬ Ginseng roots

‫الذكر‬ ‫الجينسنج‬

)Male fern ,Apsidium(

Origin Carefully dried ➢ The two most
rhizomes and frond commonly used
bases of Dryopteris are:
filix-mas,
family Polypodiaceae 1) The American
Ginseng

Panax quinquefolius
2) The Asian Ginseng
Panax ginseng
family Araliaceae

Active ▪ 5 % filmarone ▪ Saponins
(Ginsenosides =
constituents ▪ Filicic acid and its
lactone filicin. Panaxosides)
▪ Phytoestrogens.
▪ Fixed oils. ▪ High molecular

weight
Polysaccharides )

glycans)
▪ Acetylenic

compounds