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Chemical ID
BERBERINE
Ubiquitous
No
| Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|
| LD50=100 mg/kg | |
| LD50=24 mg/kg (ipr mus) | |
| LD50=329 (orl mus) | |
| LD50=10-20 (ivn dog) | |
| LD50=27.5 mg/kg man | |
| LD50=>1,000 mg/kg (orl rat) | |
| LD50=8.2 mg/kg (ivn mus) | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| LD50=26.4 mg/kg (ipr mus) | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| LD50=13.2 mg/kg (scu mus) | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
Select a Results View:
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiherpetic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiischemic | not available | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antileishmanic | 10 ug/ml | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilipogenic | IC63=10 uM | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antimalarial | 0.14-0.36 ug/ml | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimalarial | 50 uM | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | not available | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antimuscarinic | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antimyalgic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimycotic | not available | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antineoplastic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperistaltic | not available | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| Antipharyngitic | not available | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiphotooxidative | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplasmodial | IC50=0.14-0.36 ug/ml | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | not available | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipyretic | 3 x aspirin | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahonia repens | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Suess, T. R. and Stermitz, F. R. 1981. The Constituents of Castilleja rhexifolia, Mahonia repens and Oncidium cebolleta. Dissertation Abstract Int B, 42: 1025-1026. |
| Mahonia siamensis | Stem Bark | not available | 2000.0 | -1.0 | Ruangrungsi, N., De-Eknamkul, W., Lange, G. L. 1984. Studies on Thai Medicinal Plant. Part I. Planta Medica, 50(5): 432-433. |
| Menispermum canadense | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nandina domestica | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Papaver somniferum | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| Phellodendron amurense | Bark | 8300.0 | 10000.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Podophyllum hexandrum | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Podophyllum peltatum | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sanguinaria canadensis | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Xanthorhiza simplicissima | Root | 12000.0 | 13000.0 | -0.8 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Zanthoxylum alatum | Bark | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Zanthoxylum americanum | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Zanthoxylum clava-herculis | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |