茅根中のカリ及び糖について

抄録

The potassium content in the rhizome of Imperata cylindrica BEAUV. VAR. Koenigii DURAND ET SCHINZ. is almost equal to that in diuretic crude drugs and amount to 0.75% of the dried specimen. The dried rhizome also contains 18.8% of sugars in which sucrose and glucose constitute the main portion, and a small amount of fructose and xylose were also detected. Determination of the reducive sugars in the sugar mixture as glucose gave values corresponding to 36.5%, which corresponds to about 6.8% content in the dried rhizome.