Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A bitter-tasting yellow alkaloid, C20H19NO5, obtained from several plants such as goldenseal and having medical uses as an antipyretic and antibacterial agent.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An alkaloid (C20H17 NO4) widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the barberry and a considerable number of plants, or parts of plants, whose extracts combine a yellow color and bitter taste. It forms fine yellow acicular crystals, sparingly soluble in water, having a bitter taste. The sulphate and hydrochlorate are soluble, but with difficulty.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.
Etymologies
- New Latin Berberis, barberry genus (from Medieval Latin berberis, barberry) + -ine2. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Barberry contains berberine, which is believed to enhance immune function by stimulating immune cells called macrophages, white cells that circulate throughout the blood, gobbling bacteria, viruses, and other foreign invaders.”
“From analysis by Buchner and Herberger, it is shown that the root contains a new principle called berberine, which acts like rhubarb, and with equal promptness and activity.”
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“I have had both a laptop AND a desktop for the past 10 years and I couldn't work with any of them missing. berberine”
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“Oregon grape root contains the yellow compound berberine, a natural antibiotic like goldenseal.”
“However, many of the uses can be accommodated by cheaper herbs such as Oregon grape root or East Coast barberry root, both of which also contain berberine as one of their principal chemical constituents.”
“It does contain compounds such as berberine that have some antibacterial properties, but there is very little evidence that it is effective in preventing colds.”
“It contains berberine, which makes it useful for a wide variety of microbes.”
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Pernicious parasites
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gentian and bitters
bottled and uncorked
quassia, gentianine, gentiopikrin, ophelic, closed gentian, fringed gentian, felwort, bottle gentian, pink gin, calathian violet, deer's-ears, feverroot and 87 more...
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