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Berberis aristata

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 24 constituent measurements for Berberis aristata. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Berberis aristata DC.

24Constituent measurements
0Safety records
5Cited sources
30Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 30 licensed products naming Berberis aristata as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

  • Dry

Source material stated

  • Aged bark
  • Bark and buds
  • Berberis aristata - Stem bark
  • Fruit
  • Fruit(s)
  • Root
  • Root extract
  • Stem

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Berberine4
  • Jatrorrhizine4
  • Magnoflorine4
  • Alkaloids2
  • Isocorydine2
  • Isoquinoline alkaloids2
  • Palmatine2
  • Canadine1
  • Glaucine1
  • Karachine1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts7
  • Stem7
  • stalk7
  • Flower5
  • Leaves3
  • Bark1
  • Unspecified1

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction23
  • Drying (dehydration)1

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
BerberineStem / stalkSolvent extraction102.3 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
BerberineLeavesSolvent extraction1.9 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
BerberineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction121.8 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
BerberineFlowerSolvent extraction1.7 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
CanadineStem / stalkSolvent extraction0.5 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
GlaucineFlowerSolvent extraction0.4 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
IsocorydineFlowerSolvent extraction1.3 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
IsocorydineStem / stalkSolvent extraction0.34 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
Isoquinoline alkaloidsUnspecifiedDrying (dehydration)——Resolve DOI
JatrorrhizineFlowerSolvent extraction0.07 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
JatrorrhizineLeavesSolvent extraction0.2 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
JatrorrhizineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction8.7 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
JatrorrhizineStem / stalkSolvent extraction6.7 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
MagnoflorineStem / stalkSolvent extraction26.3 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
MagnoflorineFlowerSolvent extraction0.5 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
MagnoflorineLeavesSolvent extraction0.4 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
MagnoflorineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction6.8 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
PalmatineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction78.9 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
PalmatineStem / stalkSolvent extraction7.1 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
TetrahydropalmatinStem / stalkSolvent extraction0.28 Milligram/gram—Resolve DOI
AlkaloidsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 0.581 Gram/100 gram—No resolvable identifier
AlkaloidsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 0.567 Gram/100 gram—No resolvable identifier
Isoquinoline alkaloidsBarkSolvent extraction——No resolvable identifier
KarachineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction2.7 Milligram/kilogramNuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

  1. Singh, Awantika., Bajpai, Vikas., Kumar, Sunil., Arya, Kamal Ram., Sharma, Kulwant Rai., Kumar, Brijesh. Quantitative determination of isoquinoline alkaloids and chlorogenic acid in Berberis species using ultra high performance liquid chromatography with hybrid triple quadrupole linear ion trap mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF SEPARATION SCIENCE, 2015, vol. 38, no. 12, p. 2007-2013. DOI
  2. Atta-ur-Rahman., Ansari, Akbar Ali. Alkaloids of Berberis aristata - isolation of aromoline and oxyberberine. Journal of the chemical society of pakistan, 1983, p. 283-284.
  3. Bajpai, Vikas., Singh, Awantika., Arya, Kamal Ram., Srivastava, Mukesh., Kumar, Brijesh. Rapid screening for the adulterants of Berberis aristata using direct analysis in real-time mass spectrometry and principal component analysis for discrimination. EXPOSURE & RISK ASSESSMENT, 2015, vol. 32, no. 6, p. 799-807. DOI
  4. Blasko, Gabor., Murugesan, Natesan., Freyer, Alan J., Shamma, Maurice., Ansari, Akber Ali., Atta-ur-Rahman. Karachine: an unusual protoberberine alkaloid. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1982, p. 2039-2041.
  5. Sreevidya, N., Mehrotra, S. Spectrophotometric method for estimation of alkaloids precipitable with Dragendorff's reagent in plant materials . Journal of aoac international, 2003, vol. 86, no. 6, p. 1124-1127.

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