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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Stem Bark | not available | 3600.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| JATTRORRHIZINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | not available | 3120.0 | -0.54 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LAMBERTINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LUTEIN | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Bark | not available | 1430.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | not available | 1430.0 | -0.60 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | 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. |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Bark | not available | 6.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | not available | 72.0 | 0.07 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | not available | 6.0 | -0.47 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Bark | not available | 81.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | not available | 81.0 | 0.89 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| 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. |