Nutraceutical Study on , a Wild Medicinal Food Plant in Northwest Yunnan, China.

(Franch) LaFrankie (Asparagaceae), called in Tibetan or in Drung or in local Chinese, is a wild vegetable consumed by the Tibetan people and other ethnic groups in Northwest Yunnan, China. It is also a traditional medicinal plant used by different linguistic groups for antimicrobial purposes. However the nutritional and phytochemical compositions of this important medicinal food plant have not been well studied previously.