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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLUMBIANINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CYANIN | 5 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CYANIN | 5 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| DELPHINIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ESCULETIN | 30 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FAT | 0 | Bark | not available | 43000.0 | 1.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Root | not available | 43000.0 | 0.67 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | not available | 134000.0 | 1.02 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Bark | not available | 134000.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Bark | not available | 440000.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLAVOXANTHIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDRASTINE | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPEROSIDE | 30 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| IRON | 6 | Bark | not available | 141.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | not available | 141.0 | -0.24 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ISOQUERCITRIN | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ISOTETRANDRINE | 11 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisyphilitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiTGF-beta | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithiamin | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithromboxane | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrachomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 4 | 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. |
| Antitubercular | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 15 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antitumor (Bladder) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (brain) | 3 | Werbach & Murray, 1994. |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |