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
Antimigraine	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinociceptive	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiosteoporotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	4	Merck 11th Edition
Antiparkinsonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiplaque	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.