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Common Names
Heavenly Bamboo; Sacred Bamboo; Southern Heaven Bamboo; Nanten (Jap.)
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiendometriotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiendotoxic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antienterotoxic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiesherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifibrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigiardial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigonorrhea | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990. |
| Antihepatomic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |