The Antidepressant and Cognitive Improvement Activities of the Traditional Chinese Herb Cistanche

Table 1

The content of echinacoside and verbascoside in the powder and decoction of C. deserticola Y.C.Ma and C. tubulosa.

Samples	PeGs%
	ECH%	VerBS%
C. deserticola powder	1.27 ± 0.009	0.52 ± 0.003
C. tubulosa powder	19.81 ± 0.66	2.45 ± 0.12
C. deserticola decoction	0.90 ± 0.001	0.20 ± 0.001
C. tubulosa decoction	5.90 ± 0.12	0.54 ± 0.05

Echinacoside, ECH; phenylethanoid glycosides, PeGs; verbascoside, VerBS.