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Adlay
Coix lacryma-jobi
Adlay · Adlay Millet · Job'S-Tears · Yi-Yi-Ren · Adlai · Coix larme-de-Job, Larme-de-Job, Herbe à chapelets · Coïx larme de Job, Herbe à chapelets, Larme de Job · Coïx larme de Job, Job, Grains de Job, Larmes de Job, Herbe à chapelets · Hanjeli · Herbe à chapelets · Hiobsträne · Jacob's Tears · Jali · Job's Tear · Job's Tears · Job's tears · Job's-tears
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, Panama(Choco), Japan, India(Santal), German, Sanscrit, Hawaii, Haiti
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abscess, Ache(Head), Anodyne, Anthrax
Science studied: ASCORBIC-ACID, CAMPESTEROL, CARBOHYDRATES, COICIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Poaceae
Scientific name: Coix lacryma-jobi
Common names: Adlay, Adlay Millet, Job'S-Tears, Yi-Yi-Ren, Adlai, Coix larme-de-Job, Larme-de-Job, Herbe à chapelets, Coïx larme de Job, Herbe à chapelets, Larme de Job, Coïx larme de Job, Job, Grains de Job, Larmes de Job, Herbe à chapelets, Hanjeli, Herbe à chapelets, Hiobsträne, Jacob's Tears, Jali, Job's Tear, Job's Tears, Job's tears, Job's-tears
History
The source record documents this plant in China, Elsewhere, Panama(Choco), Japan, India(Santal), German, Sanscrit, Hawaii and 8 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abscess
- Ache(Head)
- Anodyne
- Anthrax
- Antiphlogistic
- Appendicitis
- Arthritis
- Bladder
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- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Cancer(Lung)
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Catarrh
- Cathartic
- Coffee
- Depurative
- Diabetes
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Dysuria
- Edema
- Fever
- Goiter
- Halitosis
- Hydrothorax
- Intoxicant
- Liqueur
- Litholytic
- Lung
- Medicine
- Newborn
- Pectoral
- Puerperium
- Rheumatism
- Smallpox
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Tea
- Tenesmus
- Thirst
- Tonic
- Urogenital
- Vermifuge
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Pleurisy
- Beri-Beri
- Blood
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Cancer(Intestine)
- Phthisis
- Pneumonia
- Refrigerant
- Wart
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- Elsewhere
- Panama(Choco)
- Japan
- India(Santal)
- German
- Sanscrit
- Hawaii
- Haiti
- Egypt
- Philippines
- India
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- Panama(Cuna)
- Venezuela
- US
- Taiwan
Documented cultural uses
- Abscess
- Ache(Head)
- Anodyne
- Anthrax
- Antiphlogistic
- Appendicitis
- Arthritis
- Bladder
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Cancer(Lung)
- Cancer(Stomach)
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- Catarrh
- Cathartic
- Coffee
- Depurative
- Diabetes
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Dysuria
- Edema
- Fever
- Goiter
- Halitosis
- Hydrothorax
- Intoxicant
- Liqueur
- Litholytic
- Lung
- Medicine
- Newborn
- Pectoral
- Puerperium
- Rheumatism
- Smallpox
- Stimulant
- Stomach
- Tea
- Tenesmus
- Thirst
- Tonic
- Urogenital
- Vermifuge
- Demulcent
- Diarrhea
- Pleurisy
- Beri-Beri
- Blood
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Cancer(Intestine)
- Phthisis
- Pneumonia
- Refrigerant
- Wart
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARBOHYDRATES
- COICIN
- COIXENOLIDE
- COIXOL
- COPPER
- FAT
- FIBER
- 2-HYDROXY-7-METHOXY-1,4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3-ONE
- 2-(2-HYDROXY-7-METHOXY-1,4(2H)...GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- IRON
- KILOCALORIES
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MANGANESE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
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- NIACIN
- CIS-8-OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- PHYTIN
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- SAPONIN
- STARCH
- STEARIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- WATER
- 2-(2,4-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY...BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- CALCIUM
- BETA-CAROTENE
- 2-O-GLUCOSYL-7-METHOXY-1,4(2H)-BENZOXAZIN-3-ONE
- 6-METHOXY-BENZOXAZOLON
- PALMITIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- STIGMASTEROL
- ZINC
- MAGNESIUM
- SODIUM
- RIBOFLAVIN
- ADENOSINE
- BENZOXAZINOIDS
- CEREBROSIDES
- COIXAN-A
- COIXAN-B
- COIXAN-C
- CONIFERYL-ALCOHOL
- DIGALACTOSYL
- 2,4-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXY-2H-1,4-BENZOAXINE-3-ONE
- FERULIC-ACID
- FERULOYL-CAMPESTEROL
- FERULOYL-STIGMASTEROL
- GERMANIUM
- 4-KETOPINORESINOL
- LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE
- MAYTENOLIDE
- MONOGALACTOSYL-DIGLYCERIDES
- ALPHA-MONOLINOLEIN
- PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL
- PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE
- PHOSPHOLIPIDS
- STERYL-GLYCOSIDES
- STIGMASTANOL
- SYRINGARESINOL
- SYRINGIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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