Table 3 Bioactive compounds of the three animal drugs, i.e., Moschus, Ambra Grisea, Bullwhip from the original Yimusake formula.

From: A New Strategy for Deleting Animal drugs from Traditional Chinese Medicines based on Modified Yimusake Formula

ID

Compound

Herb Name

S01

methyl palmitate

Moschus

S02

triolein

Moschus

S03

methyl-9-octadecenoate

Moschus

S04

normuscone

Moschus

S05

cholest-4-ene-3-one

Moschus

S06

Δ4-cholestenone-3

Moschus

S07

cholestanol

Moschus

S08

cholic acid

Moschus

S09

3α-hydroxyandrostan-4-en-17β-one

Moschus

S10

3α-hydroxy-5α-androstan-17-one

Moschus

S11

hydroxymuscopyridine A

Moschus

S12

androstan-4,6-dien-3,17-dione

Moschus

S13

androst-4-en-3,17-dione

Moschus

S14

5β-androstane-3,17-dione

Moschus

S15

5β-androstane-3α‘,17β-diol

Moschus

S16

5α-androstane-3β,17α-diol

Moschus

S17

musclide A1

Moschus

S18

muscopyridine

Moschus

S19

muscone

Moschus

S20

hydroxymuscopyridine B

Moschus

S21

3β- hydroxy-androst-5-en-17-one

Moschus

L01

dihydroionone

Ambra Grisea

L02

α-ambrinol

Ambra Grisea

L03

ambrein

Ambra Grisea

L04

(−)-a-Ambreinolide

Ambra Grisea

L05

(+)-amber aldehyde

Ambra Grisea

L06

(−)-Ambrox

Ambra Grisea

L07

γ-homocyclogeranyl chloride

Ambra Grisea

L08

epicoprosterol

Ambra Grisea

L09

ambrein

Ambra Grisea

N01

dihydrotestosterone

Bullwhip

N02

undecanoic acid

Bullwhip

N03

heptadecenoic acid

Bullwhip

N04

caproic acid

Bullwhip

N05

estradiol

Bullwhip

N06

testosterone

Bullwhip

N07

cholesterol

Bullwhip, Myristicae Semena, Moschus