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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hemopoietic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 11 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 210. |
| Hepatotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 2 | Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hyperglycemic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hypertensive | 3 | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 9 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |