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Internal ID UUID64402f710d1e1904944433
Scientific name Coix lacryma-jobi
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Coix agrestis Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2: 551. 1790 [Sep 1790]
Coix gigantea J.Jacq. Ecl. Gram. Rar. t. 40 1820
Coix lacryma L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10 , 2: 1261 (1759)
Coix lacryma-jobi var. maxima Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 20: 10. 1906
Coix lacryma-jobi var. novoguineensis Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 52: 171. 1914
Coix ovata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 342 (1812)
Coix pendula Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 28 (1796)
Coix stigmatosa K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum [Berlin] 9. 1855
Lithagrostis lacryma-jobi Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 7 (1788)
Sphaerium lacryma Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 793 (1891)
Coix agrestis var. maxima (Makino) Nakai Catal. Semin 1932: 4 1932
Coix exaltata Jacq. Ecl. Gram. Rar. 60, t. 40 1820

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Language Common/alternative name
English chinese pearl barley
English tear grass
English job's tears
English adlay
Spanish adlay
Spanish lágrimas de job
Spanish lagrimas de job
Spanish lágrimas de jacob
Spanish lagrimas de jacob
ace glém batèe
Arabic دمع أيوب
Arabic لؤلؤة الشعير
Arabic بدرانج
Arabic أمدريان
Arabic دمع ايوب
bjn hajalai
Catalan llàgrimes de job
ceb adlay
Cherokee ᏎᎷ ᎤᏂᏥ ᎠᏯᏟᏗ
Czech jobovy slzy
Czech slzovka obecná
German hatomugi
German juzudama
German hiobsträne
Persian اشک روباه
Finnish jobinkyynelheinä
French adlaï
French herbe à chapelets
French larme de job
French larme-de-job
Galician adlai
Galician adlái
Hungarian könnyfű
Hungarian jób könnyei
Hungarian jób könnye
Indonesian jali
Indonesian jali jali
Indonesian jali-jali
Italian adlai
Italian lacrime di giobbe
Japanese ジュズゴ
Japanese ジュズダマ
jv jali
Korean 염주
lzh 薏苡
Macedonian Јовови солзи
Macedonian кинески бисерен јачмен
Macedonian бисерен јачмен
Malayalam കാട്ടുഗോതമ്പ്
Malay jelai
Burmese ကျိတ်ပင်
Norwegian Bokmål tåregress
Nepali भिरगौंडी
oc lagremas de jòb
pam balantakan
Polish Łzy hioba
Polish Łzawica ogrodowa
Polish Łzawnica ogrodowa
Portuguese adlai
Quechua lágrima de job
Quechua kuimi
Quechua lágrimas de job
Quechua kuymi
Russian Иовлевы слёзы
su hanjeli
Swedish jobs tårar
szy babeku
Thai ลูกเดือย
Tonga hana
Ukrainian Сльози Іова
Ukrainian Бусінник
vec adlài
vec adlai
Vietnamese cườm thảo
Vietnamese Ý dĩ
xmf გირინიშ ძია
yi אַדלײַ
yi איובֿסטרערן
yi איובֿטרערן
Chinese 薏仁米
Chinese 薏米
Chinese 川谷米根
Chinese 薏苡仁
Chinese 薏苡叶
Chinese 薏仁
Chinese 薏苡

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Coix lacryma-jobi var. lacryma-jobi
Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen (Rom.Caill.) Stapf Fl. Brit. India 7: 100 (1896)
Coix lacryma-jobi var. puellarum (Balansa) E.G.Camus & A.Camus Fl. Indo-Chine 7: 220 (1922)
Coix lacryma-jobi var. stenocarpa Oliv. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 18: t. 1764 (1888)

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000860428
UNII M6ZL0TAS6D
USDA Plants COLA
Tropicos 25515612
INPN 92114
Flora of Italy 7830
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30100521-2
The Plant List kew-405633
Open Tree Of Life 83448
NCBI Taxonomy 4505
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200003593
Nature Serve 2.155302
IPNI 396529-1
iNaturalist 145588
GBIF 2706301
Freebase /m/06hq_h
EPPO COXLJ
EOL 1114853
Calflora (Californian flora) 10539
USDA GRIN 11129
Wikipedia Job%27s_tears

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_009763385.1 ASM976338v1 Chromosome CAU 2019-12-18 238.6x 1.61 Gb

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Physicochemical and nutritional profiles of wild adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi Linn) accessions by GC, FTIR, and spectrophotometer Ahmad R, Liaquat M, Sammi S, Al-Hawadi JS, Jahangir M, Mumtaz A, Khan I, Okla MK, Alaraidh IA, AbdElgawad H, Liu K, Harrison MT, Saud S, Hassan S, Nawaz T, Zhu M, Liu H, Adnan M, Sadiq A, Rahman TU, Asghari BH, Fahad S Food Chem X 30-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11087951
doi:10.1016/j.fochx.2024.101418
PMID:38736980
Construction of a high-density genetic map based on large-scale marker development in Coix lacryma-jobi L. using specific-locus amplified fragment sequencing (slaf-seq) Yang C, Ban X, Zhou M, Zhou Y, Luo K, Yang X, Li Z, Liu F, Li Q, Luo Y, Zhou X, Lei J, Long P, Wang J, Guo J Sci Rep 26-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11053130
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-58167-8
PMID:38670987
Obacunone, a Promising Phytochemical Triterpenoid: Research Progress on Its Pharmacological Activity and Mechanism Zhou Y, Gu J, Li J, Zhang H, Wang M, Li Y, Wang T, Wang J, Shi R Molecules 15-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11054759
doi:10.3390/molecules29081791
PMID:38675611
Liangxue-Qushi-Zhiyang Decoction Ameliorates DNCB-Induced Atopic Dermatitis in Mice through the MAPK Signaling Pathway Based on Network Pharmacology Zhang L, Zhang H, Niu X, Zhang X, Chen X, Lei S, Ma S, Sun Z ACS Omega 10-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11044150
doi:10.1021/acsomega.3c09218
PMID:38680355
Leveraging the sugarcane CRISPR/Cas9 technique for genetic improvement of non-cultivated grasses Li C, Iqbal MA Front Plant Sci 27-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11004347
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1369416
PMID:38601306
Preparation, Isolation and Antioxidant Function of Peptides from a New Resource of Rumexpatientia L. ×Rumextianshanicus A. Los Liu C, Wang J, Hong D, Chen Z, Li S, Ma A, Jia Y Foods 22-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11011613
doi:10.3390/foods13070981
PMID:38611286
A multi-center cross-sectional study of Chinese Herbal Medicine-Drug adverse reactions using active surveillance in Singapore’s Traditional Chinese Medicine clinics Ng CY, Zhao Y, Wang N, Chia KL, Teo CH, Peh W, Yeo P, Zhong LL Chin Med 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10918936
doi:10.1186/s13020-024-00915-z
PMID:38454483
Traditional Chinese medicine treats ulcerative colitis by regulating gut microbiota, signaling pathway and cytokine: Future novel method option for pharmacotherapy Wang T, Liu X, Zhang W, Wang J, Wang T, Yue W, Ming L, Cheng J, Sun J Heliyon 06-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10945194
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27530
PMID:38501018
Antitumour mechanisms of traditional Chinese medicine elicited by regulating tumour-associated macrophages in solid tumour microenvironments Gao J, Tan W, Yuan L, Wang H, Wen J, Sun K, Chen X, Wang S, Deng W Heliyon 02-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10923716
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27220
PMID:38463777
Effectiveness of adjuvant traditional Chinese medicine on macrovascular invasion in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a real-world propensity score-matched study Yan H, Wang X, Yu L, Liu X, Yan F, Xie Y, Pu Q, Yang Z Front Pharmacol 23-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10923102
doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1353720
PMID:38464727
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the Yi people in Mile, Yunnan, China Li H, Huang C, Li Y, Wang P, Sun J, Bi Z, Xia S, Xiong Y, Bai X, Huang X J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 23-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10893717
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00656-1
PMID:38395900
Concentrations, Sources and Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Chinese Herbal Medicines Cao D, Zhu Z, Zhao S, Zhang X, Lin J, Wang J, Zeng Q, Zhu M Molecules 22-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934209
doi:10.3390/molecules29050972
PMID:38474484
Effects of plant natural products on metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and the underlying mechanisms: a narrative review with a focus on the modulation of the gut microbiota Cai T, Song X, Xu X, Dong L, Liang S, Xin M, Huang Y, Zhu L, Li T, Wang X, Fang Y, Xu Z, Wang C, Wang M, Li J, Zheng Y, Sun W, Li L Front Cell Infect Microbiol 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10912229
doi:10.3389/fcimb.2024.1323261
PMID:38444539
Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Centipedegrass [Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack.] Based on the Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence Wang H, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Wang J, Guo H, Zong J, Chen J, Li D, Li L, Liu J, Li J Curr Issues Mol Biol 19-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10888139
doi:10.3390/cimb46020106
PMID:38392224
The mechanism of Langchuangding in treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus via modulating TLR7-IRF7-IFNα pathway Wang M, Zhang Y, Zhai Y, Li H, Xie Z, Wen C Heliyon 17-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10918011
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e26022
PMID:38455571

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Benzenoids / Indenes and isoindenes
Coixinden B 9845244 Click to see CC(=O)C1(C=C(C2=C1C=CC(=C2)OC)OC)O 234.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1271/NOGEIKAGAKU1924.67.1405
> Benzenoids / Phenols / Methoxyphenols
threo-1-C-Syringylglycerol 75492726 Click to see COC1=CC(=CC(=C1O)OC)C(C(CO)O)O 244.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(89)80136-0
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Lignan lactones
rel-(3S,3aR,6S,6aS)-3,6-Bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)tetrahydrofuro[3,4-c]furan-1(3H)-one 44578390 Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C2C3COC(C3C(=O)O2)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)O 372.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(89)80136-0
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty acids and conjugates / Long-chain fatty acids
Oleic Acid 445639 Click to see CCCCCCCCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O 282.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959500
Palmitic Acid 985 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O 256.42 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959500
Stearic Acid 5281 Click to see CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)O 284.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959500
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Lineolic acids and derivatives
Linoleic Acid 5280450 Click to see CCCCCC=CCC=CCCCCCCCC(=O)O 280.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-959500
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Ergostane steroids / Ergosterols and derivatives
(3S,8S,9S,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5R)-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 134766514 Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C 400.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
(Z,6R,9R)-9-[(3S,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-3-hydroxy-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-5,6-dimethyldec-1-en-3-one 163193945 Click to see CC(CCC(C)C(C)CC(=O)C=CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC)C2CCC3C2(CCC4C3CCC5C4(CCC(C5)O)C)C 578.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
22,23-Dihydrobrassicasterol 5283637 Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C 400.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
5-Cholestene-3-ol, 24-methyl- 312822 Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C 400.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
trans-Feruloyl campestanol 129847772 Click to see CC(CCC(C)C(C)CC(=O)C=CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC)C2CCC3C2(CCC4C3CCC5C4(CCC(C5)O)C)C 578.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroid esters
[(3S,5S,8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-17-[(2R,5S)-5,6-dimethylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-yl] (Z)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate 163195242 Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CCC(C4)OC(=O)C=CC5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)C)C 578.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
Campestanyl ferulate 13786591 Click to see CC(C)C(C)CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CCC(C4)OC(=O)C=CC5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)C)C 578.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(Z,6S,9R)-9-[(8R,9S,10S,13R,14S,17R)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-4-hydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-6-propan-2-yldec-1-en-3-one 163190759 Click to see CC(C)C(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CCCC4)C)C)CC(C(=O)C=CC5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)O 592.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
17-(5-ethyl-6-methylheptan-2-yl)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-ol 86821 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
24-Ethylcholest-5-en-3beta-ol 22012 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
Beta-Sitosterol 222284 Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)O)C)C)C(C)C 414.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
trans-Feruloyl stigmastanol 129847783 Click to see CC(C)C(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CCC4C3(CCCC4)C)C)CC(C(=O)C=CC5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)OC)O 592.90 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/CPB.36.3147
> Nucleosides, nucleotides, and analogues / Purine nucleosides
Adenosine 60961 Click to see C1=NC(=C2C(=N1)N(C=N2)C3C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)N 267.24 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(89)80136-0
> Organic acids and derivatives / Carboxylic acids and derivatives / Amino acids, peptides, and analogues / Alpha amino acids and derivatives / Alpha amino acids / L-alpha-amino acids
(2S)-2-amino-3-(5-methyl-3-oxo-1,2-oxazolidin-2-yl)propanoic acid 163188551 Click to see CC1CC(=O)N(O1)CC(C(=O)O)N 188.18 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)82536-4
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzoxazoles / Benzoxazolones
Coixol 10772 Click to see COC1=CC2=C(C=C1)NC(=O)O2 165.15 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)80613-5
https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50055A009

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