Gentian Constituents: "Always vary somewhat. The bitter glycoside gentiopicrin, several bitter amorphic substances, gentisic acid, several sugars peculiar to the genera, and in the perennial roots, several water in soluble sterols, gentiopicrin (for malaria) and gentisic acid (for rheumatic inflammations)." Ref. C p.79 "Other constituents include; unsaturated lactones, gentiopicrosides, amarogentine, gentiopicrine which are partially or totally is converted to bitter glycosides (depending on drying methods), and gentiamarine, volatile oil, mucilage, tannin." Ref. D p.196. |