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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiperoxidant	1	Planta Medica, 57: A110, 1991.
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphotooxidative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipsoriac	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antipyretic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	1	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
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antisecretory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antishigellic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.