author(s) : Husseiny A. H. Elgendy, Ibrahim A. El-Garf and Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk
description
The family Berberidaceae includes 15 genera and 680 species, mainly north temperate trees, shrubs and perennial herbs.
Leontice is the only genus in Egypt (Boulos, 1999). Several alkaloids, mainly benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, and flavonoids have been isolated from plants of the barberry family (Berberidaceae).
Genera Count
represented in egypt with Genera
Species
represented in egypt with Species
- General Analysis
- Carbohydrates and Lipids Alkaloids
- Flavonoids
- Lignans
- Isocoumarins and Chromones
- Carboxylic Acids
- Terpenoids and Steroids
- Other Constituents
Berberis spp. are used to refesh and cool fever, as stomach and hepatic tonic and for treatment of mouth infections (Torres et al., 1992).
Berberis aristata is considered to be an indigenous source of medicine, to have stomachic, astringent, antiperiodic, antipyretic and diaphoretic activities. Moreover, it has been employed successfully to alleviate jaundice, periodic neuralgia, intermittent fever, painful micturition and enlargement of the spleen.
Furthermore, the crude drug (alone or in combination with other ingredients) has proved its efficacy in the management of allergic conjunctivitis, acne vulgaris, rheumatic pain, premature ejaculation, leucorrhoea, inflammation, fungal infection, coccidiosis and viral hepatitis (Gilani and Janbaz, 1995)..
- Leontice
location
egypt