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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 Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-EPISYRINGARESINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf not available 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 not available 27000.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALISTEPHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRONANTENINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOMESTICINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYPROLINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBOLDINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCORYDINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISODOMESTICINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JATRORRHIZINE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNANS 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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(+)-Inotropic 1 (View Chemicals list for (+)-Inotropic) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 2 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient) Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for ACE-Inhibitor) Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 2 (View Chemicals list for Acidulant) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenolytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Adrenolytic) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) 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 Chemicals list for Allergenic) Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Amebicide) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphicholeretic 1 (View Chemicals list for Amphicholeretic) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analgesic 3 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic) Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View Chemicals list for Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker) Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacetylcholinesterase) Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadrenergic 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiadrenergic) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiAGE 1 (View Chemicals list for AntiAGE) 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 Chemicals list for Antiaggregant) Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiaging) Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiallergic) Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 2 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran) Duke, 1992 *