Plant Nandina domestica (Berberidaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.
Toxic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterocontractant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic	2	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.
Vagostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vasomotor-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).