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Plant Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae)

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Common name(s)
Barberry
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 ALKALOIDS Root Bark -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
0 ALKALOIDS Stem Bark -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
0 ALKALOIDS Root -- 30000.0 0.54 *
0 ALKALOIDS Bark -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
0 ALPHA-GLUCAN Leaf -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
32 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Leaf -- 213.0 -0.41 Jim Duke's personal files.
5 ALUMINUM Bark -- 489.0 1.22 *
5 ALUMINUM Root -- 489.0 -0.05 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 1560.0 3800.0 -0.05 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Leaf -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Bark -- -- -- *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Root -- 0.0 -0.65 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 ASH Bark -- 100000.0 0.78 *
0 ASH Root -- 100000.0 0.93 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
0 BARGUSTANINE Root -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
38 BERBAMINE Plant -- -- -- *
38 BERBAMINE Stem Bark -- 5900.0 -- Jim Duke's personal files.
38 BERBAMINE Root Bark -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
38 BERBAMINE Root -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
38 BERBAMINE Bark -- -- -- Jim Duke's personal files.
*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.