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
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
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigiardial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic	3	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigonorrhea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	2	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.