[Chemical constituents of Pedicularis muscicola Maxim]

It is one of the main components in an effective secret recipe for the treatment of snakebite in Mabian, an autonomaus county of the Yi nationality in Sichuan province. Four compounds have been isolated from the herb of Pedicularis muscicola. On the basis of spectrometric analysis and physico-chemical constants, they were identified as pediculariside, D-mannitol, arachidic acid and hentriacontane.