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
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherosclerotic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	1	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticataract	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th