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Mahonia bealei Health effects and herbal facts

Mahonia bealei is a shrub native to mainland China. The species has sometimes been regarded as the same species as Mahonia japonica, native to Taiwan, but the two differ consistently in certain floral and leaf characters. Both species are widely cultivated in many countries as ornamentals. Mahonia bealei has reportedly escaped cultivation and become established in the wild in scattered places in the southeastern United States from Arkansas to Florida to Delaware. Mahonia bealei is a shrub or small tree up to 8 m tall. Leaves are up to 50 cm long, with 4-10 [pairs of leaflets, plus a much larger terminal leaflet. Flowers are borne in an erect raceme up to 30 cm long. Berry is egg-shaped, dark purple up to 15 mm long.

Medical use

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Geografical distribution

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Native
  • China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Naturalized
  • United States

Biological activities

Antiinflammatory	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Antimalarial	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Antiphotooxidative	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Antiplasmodial	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
CNS-Depressant	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
CNS-Stimulant	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Enterotonic	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Fungicide	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Hypotensive	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Pesticide	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Protisticide	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Sedative	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)
Uterocontractant	Jatrorrhizine found in Root (5000 ppm)

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