Plant Mahonia aquifolium (Berberidaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Oregon Grape; Blue Barberry; Holly Barberry; Holly Mahonia; Mountain Grape

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
(+)-SYRINGARESINOL	4	Bark	not available	28.0	not available	Wirth, C., Wagner, H. 1997. Pharmacologically Active Phenolic Compounds from the Bark of Mahonia aquifolium. Phytomedicine, 4(4): 357-358.
3-HYDROXY-4-METHOXYPHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Bark	not available	116.0	not available	Wirth, C., Wagner, H. 1997. Pharmacologically Active Phenolic Compounds from the Bark of Mahonia aquifolium. Phytomedicine, 4(4): 357-358.
AQUIFOLINE	0	Root	not available	365.0	not available	Kostalova, D., Uhrin, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1987. A new bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid from Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. Collect Czech Chem Commun, 52(1): 242-246.
AROMOLINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1986. Tertiary Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. III. Chem Pap, 40(3): 389-394.
AROMOLINE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1986. Tertiary Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. III. Chem Pap, 40(3): 389-394.
BALUCHISTINE	0	Root	not available	40.0	not available	Kostalova, D., Uhrin, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1987. A new bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid from Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. Collect Czech Chem Commun, 52(1): 242-246.
BERBAMINE	38	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBAMINE	38	Leaf	not available	31.0	not available	Slavik, J., Bochorakova, J., Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V. 1985. Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. II. Chem Pap, 39(4): 537-542.
BERBAMINE	38	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBAMINE	38	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1986. Tertiary Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. III. Chem Pap, 40(3): 389-394.
BERBAMINE	38	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Khusainova, K. S. and Sadykov, Y. D. 1986. Alkaloids from Aerial Parts of Mahonia aquifolium. Izv Akad Nauk Tadzh Ssr Otd Fiz Mat Khim Geol Nauk, 1: 41-46.
BERBAMINE	38	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Slavik, J., Bochorakova, J., Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V. 1985. Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. II. Chem Pap, 39(4): 537-542.
BERBERINE	130	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Leaf	not available	13.0	-1.00	Slavik, J., Bochorakova, J., Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V. 1985. Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. II. Chem Pap, 39(4): 537-542.
BERBERINE	130	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Kukic, P., Nikolic, R., Gorunovic, M. 1972. Comparative Pharmacognostic Study of Berberis (Barberry) vulgaris and Berberis aquifolium. Acta Pharm Jugosl, 22: 19-24.
BERBERINE	130	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Slavik, J., Bochorakova, J., Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V. 1985. Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. II. Chem Pap, 39(4): 537-542.
CANADINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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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
Pesticide	13	Duke, 1992 *
Phototoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Huang, C. G., Chu, Z. L., Yang, Z. M. 1991. Effect of Berberine on Synthesis of Platelet TXA2 and Plasma PGI2 in Rabbits. Chung-Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao, 12(6): 526-528.
Protisticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Respiradepressant	2	Martindale's 28th
Respirodepressant	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
RNA-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	5	Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.
Toxic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterocontractant	2	Duke, 1992 *
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.
Vagostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *