Phlomoides tuberosa is a perennial flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae native to China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia; SW Asia and Europe. Enlarged, tuberous roots give rise to erect stems to 150 cm bearing purple-red flowers.
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Chemistry
Phytochemical analyses of Phlomoides tuberosa have found neolignans, phenylpropanoids, triterpenes, flavanoids, polyphenolics, alkaloids and the iridoid glucosides 5-desoxysesamoside, sesamoside, shanziside methyl ester and lamalbide. Dried leaves of plants collected in Buryatia yielded 0.02% of essential oil with a weak aroma. The seed has yielded 11.8% of oil, including 3.3% gadoleic acid and some fatty acids containing the unusual allene group, 25.1% laballenic acid and 2.9% phlomic acid.
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Uses
The Kalmyks are said to have eaten the cooked root, calling the plant bodmon sok. Another source for Mongolia has the plant used as a folk restorative medicine against intoxication, tuberculosis, pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases and rheumatoid arthritis. Buryat lamas used some part of the plant to treat diarrhoea, eye and lung disease and as a sedative.
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