| Family |
Osmundaceae |
| Scientific name |
Osmunda japonica Thunberg |
| Synonyms |
Osmunda nipponica Makino |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) zen-mai |
| (English common name) Japanese royal fern, Japanese flowering fern |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia(Sakhalin), Korea, China, Taiwan, Himalayas |
| Chromosomal number |
n=22, 2n=44 |
| Description |
Vegatative leaves pinnately decompund, 30-50cm length, 1-2.5cm width. Summer
green. |
| Reference |
Osmunda japonica Thunb. |
| Method of cultivating epiphytically growing plants (US Patent 3988858/1976) |
| Method of growing plants in the roots of a live osmunda fern (US Patent 4138802/1979) |
| Three-dimensional planter (US Patent 4268994/1981) |
| Pharmaceutical composition for inhibiting viruses and increasing immune function (PII) (US Patent 4886666/1989) |
| LPS-containing analgesics and veterinary analgesics (US Patent 5281583/1994) |
| Use of plant extracts for treatment of HIV, HCV and HBV infections (US Patent 5837257/1999) |
| Process for preparing an anti-viral medicinal product from plant extracts (US Patent 6214350/2001) |
| Method of planting trees and growing plants (US Patent 6659029/2003) |
| Methods for altering organ mass, controlling fertility and enhancing asexual reproduction in plants (US Patent 6639128/2003) |
| Dehydroascorbate reductase (“DHAR”) genes from Triticum aestivum and their use to modulate ascorbic acid levels in plants (US Patent 6903246/2005) |
| Methods for altering organ mass in plants (US Patent 7071379/2006) |
| Methods and compositions for directing expression of a heterologous nucleic acid in plants (US Patent 7220895/2007) |
| Modulation of abscisic acid signal transduction in plants (US Patent 7199285/2007) |
| Compositions containing sucralose and application thereof (US Patent 7229658/2007) |
| Composition for preventing and treating type I allergy (US Patent 7211567/2007) |
| Sand seepage stream and wetland restoration system and method for ecological restoration (US Patent 20070160424) |
