| Family |
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
| Scientific name |
Coix lacryma-jobi L. |
| Synonyms |
none |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) juzu-dama [rosary beads] |
| (English common name) Job's-tears |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indochina, Myanmar, Nepal,
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=20 |
| Description |
Plants electing 80-100cm tall. Flowers flowering in July to October. Perennial
or annual plants. |
| Reference |
Coix lacryma-jobi L. |
| Tear grass fermentation product, and process (US Patent 4298620/1981) |
| Hair grower for animals (US Patent 4563353/1986) |
| Process for producing a biologically active substance and compositions containing the same (US Patent 4871540/1989) |
| Method for producing ferulyl stanol derivatives (US Patent 4897224/1990) |
| Fertility drug and method of producing the same (US Patent 5023249/1991) |
| Chemical hybridizing agents (US Patent 5113617/1992) |
| Compositions with analgesic, antipyretic and antiinflammatory properties (US Patent 5908628/1999) |
| Maize L3 oleosin promoter (US Patent 6433252/2002) |
| Weeding method with sodium hydrogen carbonate (US Patent 6589911/2003) |
| Percutaneous administration preparations (US Patent 6827944/2004) |
| Method for inhibiting 15-lipoxygenase with fermented Glycine max (L.) extract (US Patent 6685973/2004) |
| Sunscreen composition (US Patent 6936241/2005) |
| External skin care composition (US Patent 6878378/2005) |
| Methods for inhibiting cancer growth, reducing infection and promoting general health with a fermented soy extract (US Patent 6855350/2005) |
| Chromosome doubling method (US Patent 7135615/2006) |
| Mismatch repair detection (US Patent 7153652/2006) |
| Renaturation, reassociation, association and hybridization of nucleic acid molecules (US Patent 7129044/2006) |
| Methods and compositions for expression of transgenes in plants (US Patent 7256283/2007) |
| Lipolysis stimulator (US Patent 7300675/2007) |
| Fertility drugs containing Coix Lacryma-jobi extracts or ferulyl stanol derivatives and/or a phytosterol fatty-acid ester (European Patent EP0203277/1993) |
| Note |
Naturalized plants in ancient era from somewhere tropical Asian region. |
