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Common Names
Barberry
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticold | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticomplement | 1 | Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| Anticomplementary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonjunctivitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticonvulsant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticorneotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticoronary | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCVI | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticystitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidecubitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 6 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| Antidepressant | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiarrheic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |