Plant Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Barberry

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
THIAMINE	0	Bark	not available	10.0	1.75	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Bark	not available	26.0	1.68	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Root	not available	26.0	0.97	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VITAMIN-K	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VULCRACINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VULVRACINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
YATRORICINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.

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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
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 *