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
OLIGOSACCHARIDE-A	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLIGOSACCHARIDE-B	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLIGOSACCHARIDE-C	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGON-A	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGON-B	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGON-C	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGON-D	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGONANONE-A	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGONIN-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGONIN-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGONIN-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGONIN-D	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGONONE-A	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OPHIOPOGONONE-B	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Tuber	8580.0	10600.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUSCOGENIN	8	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Tuber	113.0	273.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Tuber	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 *