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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OXYACANTHINE | 10 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OXYACANTHINE | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXYACANTHINE | 10 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OXYACANTHINE | 10 | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OXYACANTHINE | 10 | Stem Bark | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PALMATINE | 17 | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PALMATINE | 17 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMATINE | 17 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PALMATINE | 17 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PECTIN | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PECTOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PELARGONIN | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PEONIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PETUNIDIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Bark | not available | 450.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | not available | 450.0 | -0.54 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Bark | not available | 4370.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | not available | 4370.0 | -0.84 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Bark | not available | 66000.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |