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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Nandina domestica (Berberidaceae)

Common Names
Heavenly Bamboo, Sacred Bamboo, Southern Heaven Bamboo, Nanten (Jap.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-EPISYRINGARESINOL 0 Plant *
ACETONE 3 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 7000.0 -0.45 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
AMENTOFLAVONE 18 Leaf *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 100.0 -0.43 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Seed 27000.0 -0.63 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant *
CALISTEPHIN 0 Plant *
DEHYDRONANTENINE 0 Plant *
DOMESTICINE 0 Plant *
FAT 0 Seed *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Plant *
HCN 9 Plant *
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Plant *
ISOBOLDINE 5 Plant *
ISOCORYDINE 5 Plant *
ISODOMESTICINE 0 Plant *
JATRORRHIZINE 13 Plant *
LIGNANS 10 Plant *
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenolytic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Amebicide 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphicholeretic 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analgesic 3 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadrenergic 2 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiAGE 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antiaging 1 (View) *
Antiallergic 1 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 2 (View) *