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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
TRIACONTANOL 3 Plant *
ZINC 77 Tuber 7.0 16.0 -0.66 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor 1 *
Antitumor (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.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *
Antitumor (Lung) 1 *
Antiulcer 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 1 Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Antiviral 3 Abid Ali Khan, M.M., Jain, D.C., Bhakuni, R.S., Zaim, M., and Thakur, R.S. 1991. Occurrence of some antiviral sterols in Artemisia annua. Plant Science, 75: 161-165, 1991.
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic 3 *
Apoptotic 1 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Blocker 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 1 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 3 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 1 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Cardioprotective 3 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *