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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Root | not available | 30000.0 | 0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-GLUCAN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Leaf | not available | 213.0 | -0.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Bark | not available | 489.0 | 1.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | not available | 489.0 | -0.05 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | 1560.0 | 3800.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Root | not available | 0.0 | -0.65 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| ASH | 0 | Bark | not available | 100000.0 | 0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Root | not available | 100000.0 | 0.93 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BARGUSTANINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBAMINE | 38 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBAMINE | 38 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERBAMINE | 38 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBAMINE | 38 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBAMINE | 38 | Stem Bark | not available | 5900.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiwrinkle | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anxiolytic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Atherogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Autotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bacteristat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bilirubinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Calcium-Antagonist | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |