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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterocontractant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic	3	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.
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
UV-Screen	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Vagostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	12	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.