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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
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Bark not available 19100.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root not available 19100.0 1.28 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CAPSANTHIN 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Bark not available 791000.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Root not available 791000.0 -0.50 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHELIDONIC-ACID 2 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.
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Fruit not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CHROMIUM 24 Bark not available 1.2 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root not available 1.2 -0.32 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
CHRYSANTHEMUMXANTHIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Bark not available 4.2 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Root not available 4.2 -0.45 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Bark not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COLUMBAMINE 7 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COLUMBAMINE 7 Stem Bark not available 2900.0 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
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).