The yam of “Cay Ray” (Vietnamese) - Alocasia odora Roxb., family of Araceae, after 2 years of cultivation is harvested, moving the outer cover, cutting in thin slice, drying at 400C. Chemical and physico-chemical analysis showed some protid, glucid and lipid components derivatives including alcaloids (in the form of base and salt), phytosterol, free organic acides, reduced sugar, steroid, saponine
Plants, Medicinal ; Araceae ; Chemistry