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Common Names
Barberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | not available | 66000.0 | -0.59 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Bark | not available | 9.4 | 2.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Root | not available | 9.4 | 1.17 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| RUTIN | 87 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Bark | not available | 3.4 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Root | not available | 3.4 | -0.12 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SILICON | 4 | Bark | not available | 2.3 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Root | not available | 2.3 | -0.33 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Bark | not available | 350.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | not available | 350.0 | -0.35 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| STARCH | 5 | Bark | not available | 90000.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SUGAR | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Fruit | not available | 55600.0 | -0.38 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | not available | 10.0 | 0.30 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinyctalopic | 2 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antiobesity | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiobesity? | 1 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4. |
| Antionychyotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiophidic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363. |
| Antiophthalmic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiorchitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiosteoarthritic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant Synergist | 3 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiozenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipancreatitic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antipapillomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparotitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipellagric | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |