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Plant Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae)

Common Names
Barberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OXYACANTHINE 10 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OXYACANTHINE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYACANTHINE 10 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OXYACANTHINE 10 Root Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OXYACANTHINE 10 Stem Bark not available 10000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMATINE 17 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMATINE 17 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMATINE 17 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMATINE 17 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PECTIN 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PECTOSE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PELARGONIN 1 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Bark not available 450.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Root not available 450.0 -0.54 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
POLYSACCHARIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
POTASSIUM 14 Bark not available 4370.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root not available 4370.0 -0.84 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
PROTEIN 0 Bark not available 66000.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimaculitic 6 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antimalarial 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *