| Family |
Orchidaceae |
| Subamily |
Epidendroideae |
| Tribe |
Gastrodieae |
| Subtribe |
Gastrodiinae |
| Scientific name |
Gastrodia elata Blume forma viridis (Makino) Makino ex Tuyama |
| Synonyms |
Gastrodia elata Blume var. viridis (Makino) Makino |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) ao-tenma (アオテンマ, 青天麻 [meaning: green tanma (tenma = Japanese pronunciation of a traditional Chinese medicine)]), ao-oni-no-yagara (アオオニノヤガラ, 青鬼矢柄 [meaning: green oni-no-yagara (oni-no-yagara = Gastrodia elata)]) |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Sikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan |
| Habitat |
Mountane forest, streamside. |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=16, 18 |
| Description |
Plants electing 40-100cm tall. Leaves none. flowers pale green 7-8mm long, flowering in June to July. Terrestrial. Mycorrhizae plants |
| Reference |
Gastrodia elata Blume |
| Gastrodia elata Blume |
| Gastrodia elata modulated activator protein 1 via c-Jun N-terminal kinase signaling pathway in kainic acid-induced epilepsy in rats |
| Research Update:Gastrodia Tuber,Rhizoma Gastrodiae. |
| Process for producing interferon inducers (US Patent 4469685/1984) |
| Skin whitening composition containing bearberry extract and a reducing agent (US Patent 5980904/1999) |
| Essential oil composition (US Patent 6280751/2001) |
| Turmeric-containing cooking oils and fats (US Patent 6497908/2002) |
| Compositon containing medicinal herbs and young antlers of cornu cervi (US Patent 6444236/2002) |
| Method for inhibiting 15-lipoxygenase with fermented Glycine max (L.) extract (US Patent 6685973/2004) |
| Method for slowing the decomposition of a cosmetic composition (US Patent 6759033/2004) |
| Method of using fermented glycine max (L) extract for enhancing natural killer cell activity (US Patent 6733801/2004) |
| Crude drug compositions for treating or preventing arthritic diseases and the preparation process (US Patent 7074435/2006) |
| Herbal composition for the prevention and treatment of dementia (US Patent 7083811/2006) |
| Oral delivery of a botanical (US Patent 7037524/2006) |
| Composition comprising wenguanguo extracts, methods for preparing same and uses thereof (US Patent 7189420/2007) |
| Expression vectors comprising nucleic acids encoding SEBF proteins and uses thereof (US Patent 7244875/2007) |
| Therapeutic Gastrodia extracts (US Patent 7351434/2008) |
| Composition comprising Xanthoceras sorbifolia extracts, compounds isolated from same, methods for preparing same and uses thereof (US Patent 7524824/2009) |
| Note |
Rare species |
