Oenanthe javanica




Family Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Scientific name Oenanthe javanica (Blume) de Candolle
Synonyms Dasyloma javanicum (Blume) Miquel; Dasyloma subbipinnatum Miquel; Falcaria javanica (Blume) de Candolle; Oenanthe decumbens Koso-Poljansky; Oenanthe javanica (Blume) de Candolle subsp. stolonifera (Wallich ex de Candolle) Murata; Oenanthe javanica (Blume) de Candolle subsp. stolonifera (Roxburgh) Murata; Oenanthe kudoi Suzuki & Yamamoto; Oenanthe normanii Metcalf; Oenanthe stolonifera Wallich ex de Candolle; Oenanthe stolonifera (Roxburgh) de Candolle; Oenanthe stolonifera (Roxburgh) de Candolle var. javanica (Blume) Kuntze; Oenanthe subbipinnata (Miquel) Drude; Phellandrium stoloniferum Roxburgh; Sium javanicum Blume
Common name (Japanese common name) seri (セリ, 芹 [meaning: water-celery]), ta-zeri (タゼリ, 田芹 [meaning: rice paddy water-celery]), kawa-zeri (カワゼリ, 川芹 [river water-celery])
(English common name) Chinese-celery, Indian pennywort, Javan water-dropwort, water-celery, water-dropwort
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia, China, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Pakistan
Habitat Swamp, rice paddy
Chromosomal number 2n=20, 42, 63 [common type in Japan: 2n=42]
Description Plants 20-50cm tall. Leaves 1-4cm long, 5-20mm wide. Flowers white, inflorescences 3-5cm across, flowering in July to September. Fruits ca. 3mm long. Perennial plants.
Reference Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC.
Oenanthe javanica (Blume) de Candolle
Method for inhibiting fading of a natural pigment using nigerooligosaccharide or maltooligosaccharide or panose with or without an antioxidant (US Patent 6572906/2003)
Pyridone compounds useful for producing pyridine compounds (US Patent 7223862/2007)
Minari extract for preventing the induction and metastasis of cancer by carcinogens contained in cigarette smoke, fermented foods or alcoholic drinks (US Patent 7273625/2007)
Benzoxazole compounds, process for producing the same and herbicides (US Patent 7402548/2008)
Extract of petasites japonicus having neuroprotective effect and antioxidant activity (US Patent 7361371/2008)
Dihydrobenzofuran derivatives, their production and use (European Patent EP0617033/1998)
Method for inhibiting the formation of volatile aldehydes or related compounds and/or the decomposition of fatty acids or related compounds, by using trehalose or maltitol (European Patent EP0983727/2000)
Pharmaceutical and nutritional compositions containing a di- or oligosaccharide as insulin secretion promoter (European Patent EP1332759/2003)
Antioxidant food (Japanese Patent JP61257155/1986)
2-Oxdaldehyde reductase derived from plant (Japanese Patent JP02046285/1990)



July 2007
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July 2007
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July 2007
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July 2007
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July 2007
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August 2008
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