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Non-scientific name:

shan yao

3 Accepted name(s) for "shan yao":

8 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Dioscorea japonica Thunb. Dioscorea japonica Thunb. Dioscorea japonica Thunb. dried rhizome rhizome
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Dioscorea japonica Dioscorea japonica Thunb. Dioscorea japonica Thunb.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. rhizome, stem, leaf
TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L.
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. dried rhizome rhizome
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea opposita Thunb. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. rhizome rhizome
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. dried rhizomes from which fibrous roots and periderms have been removed rhizome
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Dioscorea doryphora Hance Dioscorea doryphora Hance Dioscorea polystachya Turcz. dried rhizome rhizome
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Dioscorea batatas Dioscorea batatas Decne. Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

43 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "shan yao":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
chinese yam Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
chinese yam rhizome Other Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
chinese-potato Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yams Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
chinesische yamswurzel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon vine Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon yam Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
cinnamon-vine Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common yam Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
dioscorea polystachya rhizome Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
dioscoreae rhizoma Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
echte yamswurzel Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
ginger Other Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
huang tu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
igname Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
igname de chine Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
jams Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japanese yam Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
japanische berg-yams Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
kinayams Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
koreanische yams Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
long chinese yam Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
naga-imo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pochrzyn chinski Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
rhizoma dioscoreae Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
shan yao teng Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shu ping Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shu yu Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
t'u yu Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ubi Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
wild yam Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
yama-no-imo Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yeh shan yao Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
zingiberis rhizoma Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
ямс китайский Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
ショウキョウ Other Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
基隆山藥 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
山药 Other TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
山葯 Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
山藥 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
恆春薯蕷 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
薯蕷 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Other U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)