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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Mahonia japonica (Berberidaceae)

Common Names
Japanese Ashberry; Hiiragi-Nanten
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ARABINOSE 0 Tissue Culture Iriki, Y., Fukuda, Y., Kakizaki, K., Nakazawa, M., Uesugi, Y., Kozu, T. 1984. Phytochemical Study of the Cell Wall of Berberidaceae. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi, 58(4): 367-371.
BERBERINE 130 Sprout Seedling Ikuta, A. and Itokawa, H. 1982. Studies on the Alkaloids from Tissue Culture of Nandina domestica. Plant Tissue Cult Proc Int Congr Plant Tissue Cell Cult 5th: 315316.
BERBERINE 130 Stem Battersby, A. R., Francis, R. J., Hirst, M., Ruveda, E. A., Staunton, J. 1975. Biosynthesis. Part XXI. Investigations on the Biosynthesis of Stylopine in Chelidonium Majus. J Chem Soc Perkin Trans I: 1140.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Sprout Seedling Ikuta, A. and Itokawa, H. 1982. Studies on the Alkaloids from Tissue Culture of Nandina domestica. Plant Tissue Cult Proc Int Congr Plant Tissue Cell Cult 5th: 315316.
COPTISINE 3 Sprout Seedling Ikuta, A. and Itokawa, H. 1982. Studies on the Alkaloids from Tissue Culture of Nandina domestica. Plant Tissue Cult Proc Int Congr Plant Tissue Cell Cult 5th: 315316.
GLUCOSE 7 Tissue Culture Iriki, Y., Fukuda, Y., Kakizaki, K., Nakazawa, M., Uesugi, Y., Kozu, T. 1984. Phytochemical Study of the Cell Wall of Berberidaceae. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi, 58(4): 367-371.
JATRORRHIZINE 13 Leaf Willaman, J. J., Li, H. L. 1970. Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids, 1957-1968. Lloydia, 33: 1-286.
JATRORRHIZINE 13 Sprout Seedling Ikuta, A. and Itokawa, H. 1982. Studies on the Alkaloids from Tissue Culture of Nandina domestica. Plant Tissue Cult Proc Int Congr Plant Tissue Cell Cult 5th: 315316.
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Sprout Seedling Ikuta, A. and Itokawa, H. 1982. Studies on the Alkaloids from Tissue Culture of Nandina domestica. Plant Tissue Cult Proc Int Congr Plant Tissue Cell Cult 5th: 315316.
MANNOSE 3 Tissue Culture Iriki, Y., Fukuda, Y., Kakizaki, K., Nakazawa, M., Uesugi, Y., Kozu, T. 1984. Phytochemical Study of the Cell Wall of Berberidaceae. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi, 58(4): 367-371.
PALMATINE 17 Sprout Seedling Ikuta, A. and Itokawa, H. 1982. Studies on the Alkaloids from Tissue Culture of Nandina domestica. Plant Tissue Cult Proc Int Congr Plant Tissue Cell Cult 5th: 315316.
XYLOSE 3 Tissue Culture Iriki, Y., Fukuda, Y., Kakizaki, K., Nakazawa, M., Uesugi, Y., Kozu, T. 1984. Phytochemical Study of the Cell Wall of Berberidaceae. Nippon Nogeikagaku Kaishi, 58(4): 367-371.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 2 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Adrenocorticotrophic 1 *
Adrenolytic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Amebicide 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic 2 *
Anesthetic 1 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 *
Antiacne 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadhesive 1 *
Antiadrenergic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant 1 *
Antialzheimeran 1 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiamnesic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiangiogenic 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 2 *
Antiarthritic 1 *
Antibacillus 1 *