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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Stem Bark | not available | 3600.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| JATTRORRHIZINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | not available | 3120.0 | -0.54 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LAMBERTINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LUTEIN | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Bark | not available | 1430.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | not available | 1430.0 | -0.60 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | 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. |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Bark | not available | 6.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | not available | 72.0 | 0.07 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | not available | 6.0 | -0.47 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Bark | not available | 81.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | not available | 81.0 | 0.89 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| 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 * |