Cynomorium songaricum Rupr. is a classic Mongolian pharmaceutical plant. It is distributed over the desert zone of western China, such as the province of Inner Mongolia. It usually parasitizes the roots of Nitrarias. In traditional Chinese medicine, its efficacy was described as reinforcing the “kidney,” enhancing yang, and lubricating the bowels.
The significant constituents in medicinal preparations of C. songaricum are catechin (flavonoid), ursolic acid and oleanolic acid (triterpenoids), polysaccharides and tannides.The pharmacological properties of C. songaricum include:
- enhance sexual function;
- improve the function of the kidney;
- clear free-radicals;
- anti-oxidation;
- anti-anoxia;
- anti-stress;
- anti-fatigue;
- stimulate immunologic function;
- anti-coagulant effect;
- anti-HIV virus;
- lubricate and relax the bowels.
The pharmacological properties are attributed to various principal constituents of C. songaricum, such as catechin, binding tannides, polysaccharides, iron, zinc, etc.
Source:XXVII International Horticultural Congress - IHC2006: International Symposium on Plants as Food and Medicine: The Utilization and Development of Horticultural Plants for Human Health.( Ma Lijie, Chen Guilin, Jin Shangwu, Wang Chenxia)
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