| Family |
Caprifoliaceae |
| Scientific name |
Lonicera japonica Thunberg ex Murray |
| Synonyms |
Caprifolium brachypodum (de Candolle) Gordon; Caprifolium chinense (P.
Watson) Loudon; Caprifolium japonicum (Thunberg) Dumont d'Urville; Caprifolium
japonicum (Thunberg) Dumont d'Urville forma subverticillare Kuntze; Lonicera
acuminata Wallich var. japonica (Thunberg) Miquel; Lonicera aureoreticulata
T. Moore; Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle; Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle
var. aureoreticulata (T. Moore) Jacob-Makoy; Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle
var. repens Siebold; Lonicera brachypoda de Candolle var. reticulata Witte;
Lonicera chinensis P. Watson; Lonicera cochinchinensis G. Don; Lonicera
diversifolia Carrière; Lonicera fauriei H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Lonicera
flexuosa Thunberg; Lonicera flexuosa Thunberg forma aureoreticulata (T.
Moore) Dippel; Lonicera flexuosa Thunberg var. halliana Dippel; Lonicera
japonica Thunberg forma aureoreticulata (T. Moore) Rehder; Lonicera japonica
Thunberg forma chinensis (P. Watson) H. Hara; Lonicera japonica Thunberg
forma flexuosa (Thunberg) Zabel; Lonicera japonica Thunberg forma quercifolia
Correia; Lonicera japonica Thunberg forma typica Zabel; Lonicera japonica
Thunberg var. aureoreticulata (T. Moore) G. Nicholson; Lonicera japonica
Thunberg var. chinensis (P. Watson) Baker; Lonicera japonica Thunberg var.
flexuosa (Thunberg) G. Nicholson; Lonicera japonica Thunberg var. halliana
(Dippel) G. Nicholson; Lonicera japonica Thunberg var. repens (Siebold)
Rehder; Nintooa japonica (Thunberg) Sweet; Xylosteum flexuosum (Thunberg)
Dumont d'Urville |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) sui-kazura [honey vine], kin-gin-ka [silver and
gold flowers] |
| (English common name) Japanese honeysuckle |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku |
| (Other nations) Korea, China |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=18 |
| Description |
Leaves 3-7cm length. Flowers white to yellow corollas 3-4.5cm, flowering
in May to June. Hemideciduous. Vine. |
| Reference |
Lonicera japonica Thunb. |
| Lonicera japonica Thunb. |
| Process for producing interferon inducers (US Patent 4469685/1984) |
| Agent containing an ellagic acid series compound for external application and use thereof (US Patent 5073545/1991) |
| Hair dyeing by iridoid glycosides and aglycons thereof (US Patent 5078750/1992) |
| Magnetically influenced homeopathic pharmaceutical formulations, methods of their preparation and methods of their administration (US Patent 5162037/1992) |
| Chinese herbal extracts in the treatment of HIV related disease in vitro (US Patent 5178865/1993) |
| Preparation of herbal medicines by using a multi-enzyme system, herbal medicines prepared and their uses (US Patent 5595743/1997) |
| Volatiles of Japanese honeysuckle flowers as attractants for adult Lepidopteran insects (US Patent 5665344/1997) |
| Perfume containing (6E) -2,3-dihydrofarnesol (US Patent 5753610/1998) |
| Antiviral and antimicrobial herbal complex (US Patent 5834000/1998) |
| Use of plant extracts for treatment of HIV, HCV and HBV infections (US Patent 5837257/1998) |
| Herbal composition for stimulating blood circulation (US Patent 5942233/1999) |
| Dermatological healing kit, components therefor, and process for making (US Patent 5958437/1999) |
| Herb medicine extract-containing non-bleeding striped dentifrice composition (US Patent 5980870/1999) |
| Crude drug-containing feed (US Patent 5882672/1999) |
| Compositions of matter useful in the treatment of viral infections derived from plant extracts (US Patent 5989556/1999) |
| Herbal skin regeneration composition and method (US Patent 6027728/2000) |
| Pharmaceutical suppository composites for fever and influenza and method of producing the composites (US Patent 6063383/2000) |
| Pharmaceutical compositions and method of using same (US Patent 6083921/2000) |
| Phytopathogenic geminivirus resistant transgenic plants and seeds and methods for obtaining same by introduction of mutated C1 gene (US Patent 6133505/2000) |
| Volatiles of Japanese honeysuckle flowers as attractants for adult Lepidopteran insects (US Patent 6190652/2001) |
| Process for preparing an anti-viral medicinal product from plant extracts (US Patent 6214350/2001) |
| Medicament for treating recurrent ulcer of mouth and behcet's syndrome (US Patent 6217880/2001) |
| Essential oil composition (US Patent 6280751/2001) |
| Composition for and method of treatment using triterpenoids (US Patent 6323183/2001) |
| Triterpene compositions and methods for use thereof (US Patent 6444233/2002) |
| Herbal chip (US Patent 6645719/2003) |
| Method for inhibiting 15-lipoxygenase with fermented Glycine max (L.) extract (US Patent 6685973/2004) |
| Herbal pharmaceutical composition for treatment of HIV/AIDS patients (US Patent 6696094/2004) |
| Method of using fermented glycine max (L) extract for enhancing natural killer cell activity (US Patent 6733801/2004) |
| Anti-cancer extracts and pharmaceutical compositions and methods (US Patent 6811795/2004) |
| Triterpene compositions and methods for use thereof (US Patent 6746696/2004) |
| Oral composition, method of making the oral composition and oral hygiene method in japanese and chinese herbal remedy (US Patent 6811769/2004) |
| Herbal compositions for prostate conditions (US Patent 6790464/2004) |
| Preventive or therapeutic agent for pollen allergy, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, asthma or urticaria, or health food for prevention or improvement or reduction of symptoms thereof (US Patent 6811796/2004) |
| Composition comprising extracts of flos lonicerae, fructus forsythiae and radix scutellariae, uses and preparation thereof (US Patent 6787165/2004) |
| Herbal compositions and uses for the treatment of allergic reactions (US Patent 6814985/2004) |
| Methods for inhibiting cancer growth, reducing infection and promoting general health with a fermented soy extract (US Patent 6855350/2005) |
| Cystine derivative and agent for suppressing activation of inflammatory factors (US Patent 6914075/2005) |
| Triterpene compositions and methods for use thereof (US Patent 6962720/2005) |
| Chocolate composition as delivery system for nutrients and medications (US Patent 7048941/2006) |
| Crude drug compositions for treating or preventing arthritic diseases and the preparation process (US Patent 7074435/2006) |
| Triterpene compositions and methods for use thereof (US Patent 7105186/2006) |
| Method for detecting proteins under mutual interaction (US Patent 7122382/2006) |
| Compositions for removal of toxins (US Patent 7147876/2006) |
| Composition for treatment of asthma (US Patent 7255884/2007) |
| Composition for preventing and treating type I allergy (US Patent 7211567/2007) |
