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
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	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
Demulcent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Flatugenic	1	Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hepatoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	3	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.