Amaranthaceae - Hinata-inoko-zuchi

native to Japan, China

JPXII describes „Achyranthes Root“ as the dried root of Achyranthes fauriei or Achyranthes bidentata.
Description. The roots is externally greyish-yellow to yellow-brown, with numerous longitudinal wrinkles and slight odor. The surface of fractured root is flat, with greyish-white to light brown on the outer parts and yellow-white center. The taste is slightly sweet, mucilaginous.
Constituents. Polar extracts (eg. methanol) of Achyranthes bidentata roots produced the phytoecdysones beta-ecdysone and inokosterone. [Takemoto T, et al.; Yakugaku Zasshi 88(1968), 1293]
Achyranthes fauriei roots contained beta-ecdysone, epiecdysterone, inokosterone and rubrosterone. [Hikino H, Takemoto T; see cit. above]