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Hypoxis rooperi from the Hypoxidaceae family is a perennial herbaceous plant native to South Africa, not to Europe, which produces yellow flowers at the beginning of the rainy season. The name Hypoxis is derived from the Greek for "hypo"-lower and oxis - pointed, indicating the shape of the pointed fruits.
Hypoxis rooperi is the parent plant of Hypoxidis Radix (Radix hypoxidis) of the hypoxis tuber, whose extracts are used for medicinal purposes.
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Hypoxis rotteri tubers contain phytosterols (up to 0.2%), especially β sitosterol, lignane derivatives, including hypoxide (3.5-4.5% of the dried drug), campestrol, ergosterol and carbohydrates, including sucrose and starch.
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- Loew D (2012) in Beer A M et al [eds] Leitfaden Naturheilverfahren für die ärztliche Praxis, Urban und Fischer Verlag p 184.
- Wenigmann M. (2017) Phytotherapy medicinal drugs, phytopharmaceuticals, application. Urban & Fischer, p 129