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Plant Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae)

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
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Bark not available 19100.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root not available 19100.0 1.28 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CAPSANTHIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Bark not available 791000.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root not available 791000.0 -0.50 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHELIDONIC-ACID 2 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.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHROMIUM 24 Bark not available 1.2 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root not available 1.2 -0.32 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHRYSANTHEMUMXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Bark not available 4.2 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root not available 4.2 -0.45 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COLUMBAMINE 7 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Stem Bark not available 2900.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
Curare 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Curaroid 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 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.
Cytotoxic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Digestive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 12 Duke, 1992 *