Berberine Definition

bûrbə-rēn
noun
A bitter, yellow alkaloid, C20H17NO46H2O or C20H19NO56H2O, obtained from barberry and other plants: it is used as a dye and as a drug in treating malaria, fever, or skin ulcers.
Webster's New World
A bitter, yellow alkaloid, C20 H19 NO5 , obtained from several plants such as goldenseal and having medical uses as an antipyretic and antibacterial agent.
American Heritage Medicine

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of alkaloid originally obtained, as a bitter, yellow substance, from the root of the barberry, gold thread, and other plants.

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Singular:
berberine
Plural:
berberines

Origin of Berberine

  • New Latin Berberis barberry genus (from Medieval Latin berberis barberry) –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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