Balania japonica (Makino) Tiegh.

Balanophora japonica (Japanese:ツチトリモチ; Chinese:日本蛇菰) is a plant species in the genus Balanophora found in Japan.

Balanophonin is a neo-lignan that can be found in B.

[1] It also contains ellagitannins, lignan glycosides,[2] caffeoyl, coumaroyl, galloyl, hexahydroxydiphenoyl glucoses[3] and the hydrolyzable tannins balanophotannin D, E, F and G that contain an oxidized hexahydroxydiphenoyl (HHDP) group.

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