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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.
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
MENISPERMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLISOCORYDINIUM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NANDAZURINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NANDAZURINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NANDINENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NANTENINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NANTENINE 4 Seed not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
O-METHYLDOMESTICINE 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-METHYLDOMESTICINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-GLUCOSYLOXYMANDELONITRILE 1 Shoot 100000.0 200000.0 not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P-GLUCOSYLOXYMANDELONITRILE-4'-CAFFEIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
PELARGONIDIN-3-XYLOSYLGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 200000.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPINE 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SINOACUTINE 1 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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).