background it has been elucidated that berberis vulgaris (barberry) can alleviate morphine withdrawal syndrome. also it has been reported that aqueous extract of barberry possibly have inhibitory effect on nmda receptors. objectives in this study, we decided to evaluate the effects of aqueous extract of b. vulgaris fruit on morphine tendency in mice using conditioned place preference (cpp) meth...

Berberine is an alkaloid found in plants such as goldenseal (Hydrastis Canadensis L.), European barberry or jaundice berry (Berberis vulgaris L.), and Chinese goldthread or Huanglian (Coptis chinensis Franch.). Goldenseal can be grown in Canada and natural health products derived from this plant have been found on consumer shelves. In this review, a UPLC-based analysis of berberine in a goldens...

seedless barberry (berberis vulgaris l. var. asperma) is one of the few crops that is only cultivated in eastern parts of iran. as a new crop there has not been any study to identify phylogenetic relationships of this plant with other related species existing in iran. in this study, amplification fragment length polymorphism (aflp) markers based on four selected primer combinations (ecori/tru1i...

many herbaceous plants contain compounds that have biological effects in addition to their medicinal properties. they have compounds with numerous properties, including hypo lipidemic, hypoglycemic, antioxidant, and hepato protective ones, which have been analyzed at different levels. one of these plants, with the scientific name of berberis vulgaris, is barberry. the most important compounds i...

in this research, attention is focused on the resistantance of packages containing silver nanoparticles to gases such as oxygen as well as to the antimicrobial property of these packages. the effect of these packages on increasing quality and shelf time of the barberry was investigated in comparison with the current polyethylene packages. to do this, different microbial factors and the color of...

Background and Objectives: With regard to the hazards of nitrite, application of natural preservatives in order to reduce the microbial load of meat and meat products is increasing. Owing to their anti-bacterial properties, red barberry and the dried residue of red grape could be suitable replacers for nitrite. Materials and Methods: Agar dilution method was employed in order to determine th...

background: soil pollution and accumulation of heavy metals in crops in industrial areas is one of the most important environmental issues threatening the life of plants, animals, and humans. the aim of this study was to determine the concentration of cr and cd in the soil and barberry plants in farms surrounding the qayen cement company, south khorasan province, iran. materials and methods: in...