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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Mahonia fortunei (Berberidaceae)

How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BERBERINE 130 Leaf Willaman, J. J., Li, H. L. 1970. Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids, 1957-1968. Lloydia, 33: 1-286.
JATRORRHIZINE 13 Leaf Willaman, J. J., Li, H. L. 1970. Alkaloid-Bearing Plants and their Contained Alkaloids, 1957-1968. Lloydia, 33: 1-286.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Larvicide 1 *
Leucocytogenic 1 *
Lipase-Inhibitor 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Mutagenic 1 *
Mycobactericide 1 *
Mydriatic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myocardiodepressant 1 *
Myorelaxant 1 *
Pesticide 2 *
Phototoxic 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 *
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 2 *
Respiradepressant 1 Martindale's 28th
RNA-Depressant 1 *
RT-Inhibitor 1 *
Sedative 2 *
Stomachic 1 *
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.