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
Antispasmodic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antispermigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistrep	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antistress	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	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
Antisyphilitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrachomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic	1	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.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	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.
Antitumor (brain)	1	Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiulcer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiviral	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).