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Plant Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae)

Common Names
Barberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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.
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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 *