Twigs pale yellowish, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Berberis lycium royle species india biodiversity portal. It belongs to family berberidaceae and is a suberect, rigid and spiny shrub. Morphological, distributional, leaf epidermal and pollen morphological data have been appended to show that the varieties lycium, subfascicularis ahrendt, simlensis ahrendt and subvirescens ahrendt are distinct. The antimicrobial activity of root bark of berberis lycium and its principal component berberine was tested against a panel of microbial strains using agar well diffusion test and further analyzed using microbroth dilution method. Comparison of antidiabetic activity of berberis lycium royle stem.
The dried stem pieces were stored at room temperature until use. Traditional herbs and plants have been used for the treatment. Physicochemical and nutritional evaluation of indigenous. Berberis lycium royle is a powerful antioxidant and medicinal plant. Pdf antioxidant potential of root bark of berberis. Anthocyanin profiling of berberis lycium royle berry and. Herbal medicine is getting popularized in developing and developed countries owing to its natural origin. Ancient manuscripts based on traditional medicinal system of india, i. The large pollen sac of each bithecous anther after the appearance of longitudinal dehiscence slit moves away from the filament while remaining attached at the tip of the connective and then orients in such a way that pollenladen.
Effect of berberis lycium royle on lipid profile in alloxan induced diabetic rabbits maqsood ahmed 1, alamgeer, tanveer sharif 2, muhammad zabta ch3 and atif akbar4 1department of pharmacy university of sargodha, sargodhsa, pakistan 2department of pharmacy, g c university, faisalabad 3faculty of pharmacy, bahauddin zakariya university, multan. Hypoglycemic effect of powdered root bark of blr 250, 500 mgkg body weight was evaluated in both normal and diabetic rabbits. Berberis lycium royle is a shrub that grows in the himalayas from kashmir to kumaun at altitudes ranging between 9002700m, belongs mily berberidaceae 4. Lycium chinense chinese teaplant e of church crookham. Berberis lycium royle is an indigenous fruit plant growing wild in the himalayan region and has great. A wide range of medicinally and nutritionally important phytochemical constituents have been isolated from plant such as alkaloids, cardioactive glycosides, saponins, tannins, anthocyanins, vitamins, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, fiber. Berberis lycium is native to india, nepal, pakistan and globally distributed in various parts of world. Berberidaceae are used in the south asian traditional medicine as a key ingredient in formulations for eye care, skin diseases, jaundice, rheumatism and also in diabetes. Berberis lycium royle complex in india, feddes repertorium. Total genomic dna was extracted following the protocol described by milligan with modifications. In all these assays the antioxidant activity of extract was compared. The family berberidaceae was first established by jussieu a. Berberis lycium royle, phytochemical tests, water extract, insulin summary the aim of the present study was to evaluate traditional antidiabetic folklore claim of berberis lycium royle blr.
Pharmacognostic evaluation of the roots of berberis lycium royle 185 srivastava et al. Phytochemical investigation and evaluation of anti. Usda, ars, germplasm resources information network. It has been reported that these have been used for the treatment of several human diseases like liver and abdominal disorders, cough and skin diseases and as analgesic. Evaluation of antiinflammatory and analgesic activity of. Berberis lycium royle complex in india husain 1998. The berry anthocyanins were characterised by hplc coupled to a photodiode array pda and mass spectrophotometer ms detectors. Conventional macromorphology and microscopic examination does not aid in critically distinguishing the. Berberis lycium royle berberidaceae is used in the traditional system of medicine for the treatment of rheumatism. Voltammetric determination of antioxidant character in. The paper enumerates four varieties of berberis lycium royle. An overview on various aspects of plant berberis lycium royale.
By maqsood ahmed, alamgeer alamgeer, tanveer sharif, muhammad zabta ch and atif akbar. Berberis lycium royle complex in india berberis lycium royle complex in india husain, t rao, r. Berberis species deciduous or evergreen shrubs, spiny or glabrous. Berberis lycium royle belonging to family berberidaceae is a highvalue medicinal plant with a known history of uses in folk medicine. Phytochemical and antioxidant studies of berberis lycium. Berberis lycium royle is a wild species of india and pakistan, grows in the himalayan region at 20002700 m altitude. Full length article comparison of antidiabetic activity. Journal of biologically active products from nature. Berberidaceae, a native to pakistan, india and whole region to himalyas is widely used like food and in folk medicine. Copper oxide nanomaterials derived from zanthoxylum armatum. Abstract the present investigation entitled propagation of berberis lycium royle. Berberis lycium royle blr local name sumble a semi deciduous thorny shrub having 2 to 4 meter height, is a traditional medicine of himalaya region ahmad et al. Berberis lycium in the germplasm resources information network grin, u. Morphological, distributional, leaf epidermal and pollen morphological data have been appended to show that the varieties lycium, subfascicularis ahrendt, simlensis ahrendt and subvirescens ahrendt.
Our study results showed that aqueous extract of stem bark of berberis lycium royle has significant hepatoprotective activity p lycium royle. Comparative in vivo antidiabetic evaluation of leaves and. Berberis lycium is found as a best source of free radical scavenging compounds. Influence of plant spacing on productivity of true. Berberidaceae is a heterogeneous assemblage of angiosperms represented by around 12 genera and. It is being used for the treatment of stomach pain, chronic diarrhea, jaundice, diabetes mellitus, inhibition of melondialdehyde mda and as antihyperlipidemic agent. Berberis lycium royle kashmal belongs to berberidaceae family and it has a small edible purple berry. R commonly known as ishkeen kashmal and darbald is widely used in folk medicines for the treatment of diabetes.
Berberis lycium berberidaceae is an evergreen shrub 23 m in height. Preliminary analysis, on the basis of zone of inhibition zoi showed that the methanolic extract of b. Medicinal importance of berberis lycium royle grown in. Effect of berberis lycium royle on lipid profile in. Berberis lycium is a common medicinal plant which belongs to family berberidaceae. Leaves simple, but usually with a joint at the junction of lamina and petiole, in whorls or fascicles, attached to node and protected by spines, long shoots metamorphosed into s. Stems angular, terete or sulcate, spines are 3 or 5 fid. It is also known as indian barberry in english, kashmal in hindi and. The berry is locally called as kashmal in india and pakistan. Berberis lycium royle has a significant hypoglycemic effect p lycium royle stem bark at a dose of 100mgkg body wt. Male function for ensuring pollination and reproductive. Therefore, in the present study we assessed the efficacy of berberis lycium royle fruit extract blfe in the attenuation of lipopolysaccharide lpsinduced oxiinflammatory aggravation and concanavalin a conainduced. Berberis lycium, which is commonly called as indian barberry english and kashmal or ishkeen in urdu, is a spiky plant.
Pdf pharmacognostic evaluation of the roots of berberis. From galliyat, western himalaya, pakistan ziaurrehman mashwani1,2, mir ajab khan2, sadia irum1 and mushtaq ahmad2 1department of botany, pmas arid agriculture university, rawalpindi, pakistan 2department of plant sciences, quaidiazam university. Copper oxide nanomaterials were synthesized by a facile sustainable biological method using two plant species zanthoxylum armatum dc. Phenological plasticity in berberis lycium royle along the temporal and altitudinal gradients. Effect of berberis lycium royle on lipid profile in alloxan induced diabetic rabbits. Chemistry and biological activities of berberis lycium royle. Hepatoprotective effect of berberis lycium royale original.
Present study revealed that plants collected from bagna showed highest antioxidant activity with lowest ic50 of 8. Phytochemical and antioxidant studies of berberis lyceum. Berberis lycium also famous as indian barberry, kashmal in hindi and ishkeen in urdu belongs to the family berberidaceae. Studies done on the five berberis species of west himalaya of india showed that the fruits. Antioxidant potential of root bark of berberis lycium royle.
Twelve anthocyanins were identified in the purified extract of berberis berry. Development of its sequencebased markers to distinguish. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the antiinflammatory activity of berberis lycium, to explore its medicinal use in inflammatory ailments. Effect of berberis lycium royle on lipid profile in alloxan. Berberis lycium royle is a shrub which belongs to family berberidaceae and is commonly known as ishkeen local name in shina language. It is used traditionally for curing a broad range of human illnesses and diseases in the indian himalayan region of pakistan, india, and bangladesh. Media in category berberis lycium the following 19 files are in this category, out of 19 total. This study was to compare the relative level of antioxidant activity of methanolic extract of root bark of berberis lycium royle. Copper oxide nanomaterials derived from zanthoxylum.
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