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Chemical BERBERINE

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Chemid
BERBERINE
A list of known dosages for BERBERINE
Dosage*Reference
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=329 (orl mus) *
LD50=27.5 mg/kg man *
LD50=26.4 mg/kg (ipr mus) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
LD50=24 mg/kg (ipr mus) *
LD50=13.2 mg/kg (scu mus) Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
LD50=100 mg/kg *
LD50=10-20 (ivn dog) *
Ubiquitous
No

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Adonis vernalis Plant -- -- -- *
Andira inermis Bark -- -- -- *
Argemone mexicana Plant -- 410.0 -- *
Berberis vulgaris Plant -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
Berberis vulgaris Root 4000.0 64800.0 1.1 *
Berberis vulgaris Bark -- 45000.0 1.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
Berberis vulgaris Root Bark 25000.0 80000.0 -- *
Berberis vulgaris Stem Bark 20000.0 25000.0 1.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
Berberis vulgaris Flower -- 6600.0 -- Jim Duke's personal files.
Berberis vulgaris Stem 1600.0 28900.0 -- Jim Duke's personal files.
Berberis vulgaris Leaf -- 3000.0 1.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
Caulophyllum thalictroides Plant -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
Chelidonium majus Plant -- -- -- *
Coptis chinensis Rhizome 40000.0 90000.0 0.9 *
Coptis japonica Rhizome 40000.0 70000.0 -0.3 *
Coptis spp Rhizome 40000.0 90000.0 0.9 *
Corydalis spp Plant -- -- -- *
Eschscholzia californica Shoot -- -- -- List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Hydrastis canadensis Root 1385.0 60000.0 0.9 *
Hydrastis canadensis Plant -- -- -- *
*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.