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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERBAMUNINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Bark | not available | 45000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Flower | not available | 6600.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Leaf | not available | 3000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Root | 4000.0 | 64800.0 | 1.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Root Bark | 25000.0 | 80000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Stem | 1600.0 | 28900.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Stem Bark | 20000.0 | 25000.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERRUBINE | 1 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERRUBINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERRUBINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERBERUBINE | 0 | 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. |
| BERCULCINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERLAMBINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BERVULCINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | not available | 0.0 | -0.44 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| BETA-XYLAN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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. |