2. Study of Environmental Science, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 730, Japan;1. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890, Japan
Abstract:
A survey of chemical composition of 23 species of Asarum subgenus Heterotropa showed that the five groups could be distinguished on the basis of the presence or absence of asatone, phenol ethers and terpenes.