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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae)

Common Names
Barberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALKALOIDS 0 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 30000.0 0.54 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
ALKALOIDS 0 Stem Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-GLUCAN 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 213.0 -0.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALUMINUM 5 Bark 489.0 1.22 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 489.0 -0.05 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Bark *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 1560.0 3800.0 -0.05 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 0.0 -0.65 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
ASH 0 Bark 100000.0 0.78 *
ASH 0 Root 100000.0 0.93 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BARGUSTANINE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
BERBAMINE 38 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BERBAMINE 38 Plant *
BERBAMINE 38 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
BERBAMINE 38 Root Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
BERBAMINE 38 Stem Bark 5900.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Abortifacient 3 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidifier 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenocorticotrophic 1 *
Adrenolytic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 3 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 6 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amebicide 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).