Chemical BERBERASTINE | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

BERBERASTINE

Ubiquitous

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Dosage	Reference
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	IC50=118 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	MIC=25-50 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Mydriatic	not available	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myocardiodepressant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Phototoxic	9 ppm	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	IC50=0.14-0.36 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	25 mg/kg ivn rbt	Huang, C. G., Chu, Z. L., Yang, Z. M. 1991. Effect of Berberine on Synthesis of Platelet TXA2 and Plasma PGI2 in Rabbits. Chung-Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao, 12(6): 526-528.
Protisticide	IC50=0.14-0.36 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Respiradepressant	not available	Martindale's 28th
RNA-Depressant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2.5 uM	Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.
Trichomonicide	not available	Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Uterocontractant	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Coptis spp	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrastis canadensis	Rhizome	20000.0	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrastis canadensis	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthorhiza simplicissima	Plant	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.