Plant Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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.

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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
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Huang, C. G., Chu, Z. L., Yang, Z. M. 1991. Effect of Berberine on Synthesis of Platelet TXA2 and Plasma PGI2 in Rabbits. Chung-Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao, 12(6): 526-528.
Protease-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	2	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	6	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant	1	Martindale's 28th
Respiradepressant	2	Martindale's 28th
Retinoprotectant Optometry	1	Duke, 1992 *
RNA-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	5	Duke, 1992 *
Sequestrant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Sodium-Sparing	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stomachic	1	Duke, 1992 *