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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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BERBERINE

Chemical ID
BERBERINE
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
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.

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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Cardiodepressant Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cardiotonic *
Carminative Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cholagogue *
Cholekinetic *
Choleretic 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.
Collyrium *
COX-2-Inhibitor 100 ug/ml *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor *
Cytotoxic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Digestive *
Diuretic *
Emetic *
Fungicide 12.5-150 ug/ml Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Glaucomagenic *
Hemostat *
Hypocholesterolemic Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypoglycemic *
Hypotensive *
Immunostimulant *
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Mahonia repens Stem 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 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 *
Nandina domestica Plant *
Papaver somniferum Plant Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
Phellodendron amurense Bark 8300.0 10000.0 -1.0 *
Podophyllum hexandrum Rhizome *
Podophyllum peltatum Plant *
Sanguinaria canadensis Root *
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 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Zanthoxylum americanum Plant *
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Plant *
Zanthoxylum clava-herculis Bark *