Morphological Observation of Polyembryony in Ophiopogon japonicus (Liliaceae).

Antimicrobial activities of endophytic fungi isolated from Ophiopogon japonicus (Liliaceae)

BACKGROUND Drug resistance in bacteria has become a global concern and the search for new antibacterial agents is urgent and ongoing. Endophytes provide an abundant reservoir of bioactive metabolites for medicinal exploitation, and an increasing number of novel compounds are being isolated from endophytic fungi. Ophiopogon japonicus, containing compounds with antibacterial activity, is a tradit...

Antimicrobial activities of endophytic fungi isolation from Ophiopogon japonicus

Enhancement of Growth Performances of Ophiopogon japonicus Ornamental Foliage Plant

Ophiopogon japonicus is a perennial, ornamental foliage plant, whichbelongs to the family Liliaceae. It has a high demand in the local andinternational export market due to the presence of glossy white-green stripped lanceolate leaves. Improved leaves and plants of O. japonicus will be more popular in the floriculture industry. Hence, objective was to investigate the growth responses of O. japo...

Homoisoflavonoids and the Antioxidant Activity of Ophiopogon japonicus Root

The root of Ophiopogon japonicus has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine and also a functional food ingredient for a long time in China. In the present study, 17 different homoisoflavonoid compounds were identified in the root extract of O. japonicus by HPLC–DAD and LCMS/MS analyses. The antioxidant activity of the of chloroform/methanol (1:1, v/v), methanol and 70% ethanol extracts, an...

2-Benzyl-benzofurans from the tubers of Ophiopogon japonicus

BACKGROUND The overproduction of nitric oxide (NO) is known to involve in various inflammatory processes. A methanol extract of the tubers of Ophiopogon japonicus was found to strongly inhibit NO production. The present paper deals with the isolation, structural identification and NO inhibitory effect of five compounds isolated from the MeOH extract of O. japonicus tubers. RESULTS Three new c...