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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
JATRORRHIZINE 13 Plant *
JATRORRHIZINE 13 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
JATRORRHIZINE 13 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
JATRORRHIZINE 13 Stem Bark 3600.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
JATTRORRHIZINE 0 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant *
KILOCALORIES 0 Root 3120.0 -0.54 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
LAMBERTINE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
LUTEIN 15 Plant *
MAGNESIUM 65 Bark 1430.0 -0.22 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 1430.0 -0.60 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
MAGNOFLORINE 11 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.
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant *
MANGANESE 14 Bark 6.0 -0.64 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 72.0 0.07 Jim Duke's personal files.
MANGANESE 14 Root 6.0 -0.47 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
NIACIN 39 Bark 81.0 0.26 *
NIACIN 39 Root 81.0 0.89 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
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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).