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
THIAMINE	0	Bark	not available	10.0	1.75	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Bark	not available	26.0	1.68	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Root	not available	26.0	0.97	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
URSOLIC-ACID	89	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VITAMIN-K	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VULCRACINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VULVRACINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
YATRORICINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	not available	not available	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.

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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).