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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
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.
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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
Mycobactericide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Mydriatic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myocardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 4 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective 3 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 6 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.