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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
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CALCIUM 28 Bark 19100.0 0.04 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 19100.0 1.28 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CAPSANTHIN 2 Fruit *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Bark 791000.0 0.18 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root 791000.0 -0.50 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHELIDONIC-ACID 2 Plant 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.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
CHROMIUM 24 Bark 1.2 -0.47 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 1.2 -0.32 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHRYSANTHEMUMXANTHIN 0 Plant *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant *
COBALT 2 Bark 4.2 -0.42 *
COBALT 2 Root 4.2 -0.45 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Bark Jim Duke's personal files.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Plant *
COLUMBAMINE 7 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Stem Bark 2900.0 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).