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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 BERBERASTINE

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Chemid
BERBERASTINE
A list of known dosages for BERBERASTINE
Dosage*Reference
LD50=>1,000 mg/kg (orl rat) *
LD50=8.2 mg/kg (ivn mus) *
LD50=329 (orl mus) *
LD50=27.5 mg/kg man *
LD50=26.4 mg/kg (ipr mus) *
LD50=24 mg/kg (ipr mus) *
LD50=13.2 mg/kg (scu mus) *
LD50=100 mg/kg *
LD50=10-20 (ivn dog) *
Ubiquitous
No

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Coptis spp Rhizome -- -- -- *
Hydrastis canadensis Rhizome 20000.0 30000.0 -- *
Hydrastis canadensis Plant -- -- -- *
Xanthorhiza simplicissima Plant -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.