ABSTRACT
Herba elpmedii ,as traditional Chinese medicine, has been widely used in clinic. The leaves of Herba elpmedii were generally taken as medicine with benefiting kidney. In these years, much work has been taken to the leaves, but little to the roots. The flavonoids were considered to be the main active parts and the icariin as the effective component of the leaves.
Firstly, in this paper other active parts of the leaves and the roots of Herba elpmedii were screene...