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Crude drug name

Market name南天実
Formal name南天実
Japanese nameなんてんじつ, Nantenjitsu
Vernacular nameNantianshi
Latin nameNandinae Fructus (Non-JPS)
English nameNandina Fruit (Non-JPS)
Used partClassificationPlant origin
Sub classification fruit
Production area informationPeople's Republic of China, Lin'an
Wild or cultivatedWild
Collection informationJapan(ToS), Osaka Pref., Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. [Non-commercial Sample]
Collection date2020/01/17
CollectorKatsuko Komatsu
TMPW No.30507

The capital city, provincial capital city or the representative  
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30.233873
119.72473300000001
Production area information
People's Republic of China,Lin'an
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34.6937249
135.5022535
Collection information
Japan(ToS),Osaka Pref.
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Scientific information data base

Common name南天実, Nantianshi, Nandinae Fructus (Non-JPS2022), Nandina Fruit (Non-JPS2022)
Synonyms南天竹子, 白南天, 天竺子
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Original plant nameNandina domestica Thunberg forma leucocarpa Makino1 or Nandina domestica Thunberg2, (Shirominanten (Shironanten)1, Nanten2)
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Family nameBerberidaceae
Used partmature fruit
Quality for selectionThe fruit of Nandina domestica Thunberg forma leucocarpa Makino is mroe preferable.
Official compendiumNon-JPS (2022)
Clinical applicationIn Japan it is applied to treat asthma and pertussis as antiinflammatory and antitussive folklorically. Its decoction is taken 5-10g a day.
Medical systemFolk medicine
Drug effect in
traditional medicine
Traditional
classification
Japan
Chemical constituentAlkaloids
(*C1):
Domestine, Isocorydine(以上果実/fruit), Nandinine, Berberine, Jateorrhizine, Domesticine, Isodomesticine, Domestine, Nandazurine, Sinoacutine (以上樹皮/bark)

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Pharmacological effectAntibacterial (domesticine methylether:Mycobacterium avium,Staphylococcus aureus), palsy of sensory nerve and peripheral motor nerve (domestine).
DNA sequenceL75843, L37920, L37911
DiseaseCough, Bronchial asthma, Pertussis
Formulation
ReferencesNon-JPS2022: The Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2022.
C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. I, pp 214-215.
RemarksThe origin of using the fruit of Shironanten (Nandina domestica var. lleucocarpa) or Nanten (Nandina domestica) as an antitussive in Japan is not clear. However, it seems that the knowledge was not brought from China. There are Shironanten and Akananten in the market. Since Shironanten which bears white fruit is more appreciated in the market, bleached red fruits of Nanten are mass-marketed. They have no luster nor lamina, and the pericarp is thinner.
Last renewal date2022/07/21