berberine

/bur-buh-reen/US // ˈbɜr bəˌrin //UK // (ˈbɜːbəˌriːn) //

小檗碱,小檗素,小檗苷,小檗树

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Pharmacology.
- : a white or yellow, crystalline, water-soluble alkaloid, C20H19NO5, derived from barberry or goldenseal, used as an antipyrotic, antibacterial, and stomachic.

It differs from paricine in its proportion of hydrogen, and from berberine in containing more carbon.
"I have never had any real trouble with them," she continued with a little gesture of pride towards the disappearing Berberine.
According to the most recent investigations, hydrastin contains berberine, and another alkaline called hydrastia or hydrastina.
But this similarity only holds in the north, and is now shown to be due to Berberine immigration into Kordofan.
The inner bark and roots yield a fine yellow dye (berberine).