Quassin CAS 76-78-8

Peony is the dried root of the perennial herbaceous plant Paeoniaceae in the Paeoniaceae family. It is bitter, sour and slightly cold. It returns to the liver and spleen meridians. It has the functions of calming the liver and relieving pain, nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, astringing yin and stopping sweating. It is used for headaches, dizziness, rib pain, abdominal pain, cramps and pain in limbs, blood deficiency and chlorosis, irregular menstruation, spontaneous perspiration, and night sweats.

Paeoniflorin is the main functional component of peony. It is an important physiologically active substance with anti-inflammatory effects, immune system effects, liver protection effects, analgesic effects, etc.

Osthole belongs to coumarin compounds. It is prismatic-like crystals (diethyl ether) and needle-like crystals (Ethanol) with the melting point being 83~84 ?? and the boiling point being 145~150 ??. It is soluble in alkaline solution, methanol, ethanol, chloroform, acetone, ethyl acetate, and boiling petroleum ether but insoluble in water and petroleum ether.

Osthole has various kinds of effects of antispasmodic, hypotensive, anti-arrhythmic and enhancing immune function and broad-spectrum antimicrobial effect. Osthole can not only have efficacy such as anti-hypertensive, anti-arrhythmic, anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor and anti-osteoporosis effect, but can also act as a new type of biological pesticides with significant efficacy in treating pests and plant pathogens.