Barberry

Berberin, n, berberine barberry. safta m. barberry juice. [Pg.64]

Sauer-dorn, m. barberry, -dombitter, n. ber-berine (old name), -eisen, n. (Metal.) iron oxide, -futter, n. ensilage, sauerhaltig, a. acidiferoiis. [Pg.379]

A number of yellow dyes were known in antiquity weld and saffron seem to have been the most widely used, but barberry root, turmeric, Persian berries, and safflower have also been identified in ancient fibers. Weld, probably the oldest European-known yellow dye, is derived from the herbaceous plant Roseda luteola, which is indigenous to central Europe. The dye is distributed throughout the entire plant, although it is concentrated in the upper... [Pg.401]

Barberry root is a yellow-red dye that has been used since prehistoric times it is extracted with hot water from the stems, bark, and roots of Berberis vulgaris, a bush that grows indigenously in Europe as well as in North America. The coloring matter in the dye is the organic compound berberine. Silk and wool can be dyed directly with barberry root, yielding a yellow color however, for dyeing cotton, a mordant is required to attach the dye to the substrate fibers. [Pg.402]

Although they tolerate pruning If a braneh Is awkwardly plaeed, and ean be trimmed Into a hedge If desired, none of the barberries need speelal pruning. [Pg.165]

Berberis amurensis Rupr. B. poiretii Schneid. B. sibirica Pall. B. soulieana . K. Schneid. Xiao Yeh (Chinese barberry) (root) Berberine, berbamine, palamatine, jatrorrhizine, oxycanthine.33 Antibacterial, promotes leukocytosis, choleretic. [Pg.40]

Barberry (Berberis vulgaris L.) honey is golden yellow with a pleasant aroma and delicate sweet flavor. [Pg.400]

Some herbs are contraindicated when pregnant because they are thought to have an influence on the uterus. These include barberry, bloodroot, calamus, cascara sagrada, fennel, goldenseal, juniper, lavender, licorice root, male fern, mayapple,... [Pg.70]

ANTISEPTICS Resist or counteract putrefaction Barberry, Violet, Southernwood. [Pg.102]

TONICS Medicines which assist towards a higher bodily tone and increased vigour.—Barberry, Buckbean, Calumba, Centaury,... [Pg.104]

Mars, all-heal, barberry, basil, garlic, gentian, hawthorn, hops, nettle, onion, radish, rhubarb, tobacco, wormwood. [Pg.123]

Berberis L (barberry) Caulophyllum (cohosh) Diphylleia (umbrellaleaf) Epimedium (epimedium) Jeffersonia (jeffersonia) Mahonia (barberry)... [Pg.447]

Barberry (pipperidge bush) is a vernacular name for Berberis vulgaris (the European barberry), but it can also refer to Mahonia aquifolium and Mahonia nervosa. In the USA only the Mahonia species have had official status as a source of barberry, but Berberis vulgaris is said to serve similar medicinal purposes and to contain similar principles. Its root bark yields the quaternary isoquinoline alkaloid berberine and several other tertiary and quaternary alkaloids. Berberine is also found... [Pg.447]

Dysosma pleianthum (bajiaolian) Mahonia species (barberry) Cynoglossum officinale (hound s tongue)... [Pg.1617]

Asperula odorata (sweet woodruff) Azadirachta indica (bead tree) Berberis vulgaris (European barberry)... [Pg.1618]

Rubiaceae (madder) Meliaceae (mahogany) Berberidaceae (barberry)... [Pg.1618]

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