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Sarsaparilla roots has saponins which are used to synthesize cortisone and other steroids. [6] Saponins are known to help the body absorb other drugs more effectively. [18] However, they are plant steroids and it is believed they cannot be absorbed or used in human body. [19] It also has organic acids, flavonoids, sitosterol and stigmasterol. [6]
Smilax ornata is used as the basis for a soft drink frequently called sarsaparilla. It is also a primary ingredient in old fashioned-style licorice , [ 10 ] in conjunction with sassafras , [ 11 ] which was more widely available prior to studies of its potential health risks.
For decades, until the 2010s, the iconic Sioux City sarsaparilla bottle was sold in retail stores in the United States.. Sarsaparilla (UK: / ˌ s ɑːr s p ə ˈ r ɪ l ə /, US also / ˌ s æ s p ə ˈ r ɪ l ə / sas-pə-RIL-ə) [1] [2] is a soft drink originally made from the vine Smilax ornata (also called 'sarsaparilla') or other species of Smilax such as Smilax officinalis. [3]
Sarsaparilla often refers to the sarsaparilla soft drink, made from Smilax plants. Sarsaparilla may also refer to: Biology. Several species of plants, of the genus ...
Root beer is a sweet North American soft drink traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree Sassafras albidum or the vine of Smilax ornata (known as sarsaparilla; also used to make a soft drink called sarsaparilla) as the primary flavor.
Smilax glabra, sarsaparilla, [2] is a plant species in the genus Smilax.It is native to China, the Himalayas, and Indochina. [1] [3] [4] [5] [6]S. glabra is a traditional medicine in Chinese herbology, whence it is also known as tufuling (土茯苓) or chinaroot, china-root, and china root (a name it shares with the related S. china).
Sarsasapogenin has been used as a starting material for the synthesis of other steroids. [5] It has also attracted pharmaceutical interest in its own right, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and is found in the rhizome of Anemarrhena asphodeloides , called zhī mǔ ( 知母 ) in traditional Chinese medicine , from which it is extracted commercially.
Smilax glyciphylla, the sweet sarsaparilla, is a dioecious climber native to eastern Australia. It is widespread in rainforest, sclerophyll forest and woodland; mainly in coastal regions. The leaves are distinctly three-veined with a glaucous under-surface, lanceolate, 4–10 cm long by 1.5–4 cm wide. Coiling tendrils are up to 8 cm long.