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Common Names
Barberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterotonic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 10 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |