Plant Ophiopogon japonicus (Liliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Mai-Men-Dong; Mai-Men-Tung

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ARSENIC	2	Tuber	not available	0.1	-1.39	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	4	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Tuber	870.0	3450.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Tuber	3.0	4.0	-1.11	Duke, 1992 *
D-FRUCTOSE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE	1	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESMETHYLOPHIOPOGONONE-B	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOTRIACONTANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Tuber	70.0	340.0	1.88	Duke, 1992 *
ISOOPHIOPOGONONE-A	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCOSYLGALACTOSIDE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Tuber	390.0	410.0	-0.95	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Tuber	5.0	27.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLOPHIOPOGONANONE-A	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLOPHIOPOGONANONE-B	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLOPHIOPOGONONE-A	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYLOPHIOPOGONONE-B	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MUCILAGE	3	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSANOL	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	2	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *