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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Ophiopogon japonicus (Liliaceae)

Common Names
Mai-Men-Dong, Mai-Men-Tung
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ARSENIC 2 Tuber 0.1 -1.39 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Tuber *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 4 Tuber *
CALCIUM 28 Tuber 870.0 3450.0 -0.13 *
COPPER 12 Tuber 3.0 4.0 -1.11 *
D-FRUCTOSE 0 Tuber *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Tuber *
DESMETHYLOPHIOPOGONONE-B 0 Tuber *
DOTRIACONTANOL 0 Plant *
IRON 6 Tuber 70.0 340.0 1.88 *
ISOOPHIOPOGONONE-A 0 Tuber *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCOSYLGALACTOSIDE 0 Tuber *
MAGNESIUM 65 Tuber 390.0 410.0 -0.95 *
MANGANESE 14 Tuber 5.0 27.0 -0.41 *
METHYLOPHIOPOGONANONE-A 0 Tuber *
METHYLOPHIOPOGONANONE-B 0 Tuber *
METHYLOPHIOPOGONONE-A 0 Tuber *
METHYLOPHIOPOGONONE-B 0 Tuber *
MUCILAGE 3 Tuber *
OCTACOSANOL 6 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic 1 (View) *
Androgenic 2 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 2 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant 1 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antialopecic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *