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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
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
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 23 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 10 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).