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Berberis microphylla

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Internal ID UUID64400ccd0dde8395756419
Scientific name Berberis microphylla
Authority G.Forst.
First published in Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 9: 29 (1789)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
- Edible berries, processed into jam, preserves, syrups, juices, and liqueurs; also used as a confectionery ingredient.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
- Fruits are harvested for direct consumption, culinary preserves, and fermented or non-fermented beverages; reported uses include jam, juice, liqueur, and flavoring in desserts. Products are typically prepared as syrup, concentrate, or puree, with berries occasionally candied.

Colorants and tanning:
- Fruits contain anthocyanins; juice has been noted to yield a natural red hue, though the extent of documented industrial use is limited and not described in detailed product or application classes.

Properties relevant to use:
- Fruits are acidic and juicy, with a high content of organic acids; anthocyanins provide deep red color; the calyx persists on the fruit. These traits support use in jams and fruit beverages, and the acidity aids preservation.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- Fruits are gathered in Patagonia from wild plants; conservation measures are pursued where commercial collection is significant. In Chile (e.g., Magallanes Region), fruit gathering is regulated and may require permits under regional forestry and wildlife rules.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Berberis antucoana C.K.Schneid. Bull. Herb. Boissier ser. 2, 5(2): 144. 1905
Berberis barilochensis Job Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 5: 50 (1942)
Berberis buxifolia Lam. Tabl. Encycl. : t. 253, f. 3 (1792)
Berberis buxifolia var. antarctica C.K.Schneid. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 5: 142 (1905)
Berberis buxifolia var. antucoana (C.K.Schneid.) Orsi Fl. Patagonica pt. IVa: 331. 1984
Berberis buxifolia var. gracilior Albov Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Paleontol. 7: 361 (1896)
Berberis buxifolia var. inermis (Pers.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 302 1904
Berberis buxifolia var. macracantha Phil. ex Usteri Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 8: 90 1899
Berberis buxifolia var. microphylla (G.Forst.) J.Gay Fl. Chil. 1: 91 (1845)
Berberis buxifolia var. nana Usteri Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 8: 90 1899
Berberis buxifolia var. nuda C.K.Schneid. Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 5: 142 (1905)
Berberis buxifolia var. papillosa C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 302 (1904)
Berberis buxifolia var. spinosissima Reiche Fl. Chile 1: 39 (1895)
Berberis cristata hort. ex Lavallée Énum. Arbres : 14 (1877)
Berberis cuneata DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 16 (1821)
Berberis dulcis Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: t. 100 (1825)
Berberis heterophylla Juss. in Poir. Encyc. viii. 622.
Berberis inermis Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 387 (1805)
Berberis magellanica hort. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 135 (1893)
Berberis marginata Gay Fl. Chil. 1: 88 (1845)
Berberis microphylla var. gracilior De Wild. Phan. Terr. Magell. : 94 (1905)
Berberis minor Forst. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 15 (1821)
Berberis morenonis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 3 (1898)
Berberis parodii Job Darwiniana 5: 184 (1941)
Berberis pygmaea (Koehne) Koehne Deut. Dendrol. : 166 (1893)
Berberis rotundifolia Lindl. J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 2. 1850
Berberis spinosa Comm. ex Decne. Voy. Venus, Bot. [Atl.] : 65 (1846)
Berberis spinosissima (Reiche) Ahrendt J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 57: 241 (1961)
Berberis tricuspidata Sm. ex DC. Syst. Nat. 2: 17 (1821)
Berberis buxifolia var. microphylla (G.Forst.) Speg.
Berberis microphylla f. serrata Ilsemann Neubert's Deutsch. Gart.-Mag. 40: 164 (1887)
Berberis dulcis var. nana Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 39: 260 (1867)
Berberis buxifolia var. nana (Carrière) Mouill. Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 1: 160 (1891)
Berberis buxifolia f. nana (Carrière) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 302 (1904)
Berberis buxifolia f. pygmaea (Koehne) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 302 (1904)

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Language Common/alternative name
English box-leaved barberry
English magellan barberry
Catalan calafate
Czech dřišťál zimostrázový
Welsh pren melyn dail bocs
German buchsblättrige berberitze
Persian زرشک برگجعبهای
French berbéris à feuilles de buis
Lithuanian kietalapis raugerškis
Polish berberys bukszpanolistny
Polish calafate
Portuguese calafate-da-patagônia
Russian Барбарис самшитолистный
Chinese 麥哲倫小檗
Chinese 麥哲倫小蘗
Chinese 小叶小檗

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Southern America
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000563531
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:31472-2
The Plant List kew-2674137
Open Tree Of Life 364997
NCBI Taxonomy 186729
IPNI 31472-2
iNaturalist 84707
GBIF 7300375
Freebase /m/0759ss
EPPO BEBBU
EOL 5514583
USDA GRIN 6915
Wikipedia Berberis_microphylla

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Properties of Berberis vulgaris (L.) Stem Bark Dry Extract Ivan IM, Olaru OT, Popovici V, Chițescu CL, Popescu L, Luță EA, Ilie EI, Brașoveanu LI, Hotnog CM, Nițulescu GM, Boscencu R, Gîrd CE Molecules 29-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11085362
doi:10.3390/molecules29092053
PMID:38731544
Interactions of naturally occurring compounds with antimicrobials Malczak I, Gajda A J Pharm Anal 23-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10785267
doi:10.1016/j.jpha.2023.09.014
PMID:38223447
Dietary Antioxidants and Cardiovascular Health—Editorial Comments and Summary Kwaśniewska M, Waśkiewicz A, Drygas W Antioxidants (Basel) 11-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10451827
doi:10.3390/antiox12081598
PMID:37627593
Chile's agricultural research institute plant tissue analysis dataset Corradini F, Casado F, Rojas V Data Brief 23-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10405181
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.109442
PMID:37554995
Dracocephalum jacutense Peschkova from Yakutia: Extraction and Mass Spectrometric Characterization of 128 Chemical Compounds Okhlopkova ZM, Razgonova MP, Rozhina ZG, Egorova PS, Golokhvast KS Molecules 28-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10254129
doi:10.3390/molecules28114402
PMID:37298879
Evaluation of the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-tumoral properties of bioactive compounds extracted from murta berries (Ugni molinae T.) dried by different methods López J, Vega-Gálvez A, Ah-Hen KS, Rodríguez A, Quispe-Fuentes I, Delporte C, Valenzuela-Barra G, Arancibia Y, Zambrano A Front Plant Sci 18-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10234425
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1095179
PMID:37275254
Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity in the Fruit of Rosehip (Rosa canina L. and Rosa rubiginosa L.) Peña F, Valencia S, Tereucán G, Nahuelcura J, Jiménez-Aspee F, Cornejo P, Ruiz A Molecules 18-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10144129
doi:10.3390/molecules28083544
PMID:37110778
Anti-Inflammatory Chilean Endemic Plants Otero C, Klagges C, Morales B, Sotomayor P, Escobar J, Fuentes JA, Moreno AA, Llancalahuen FM, Arratia-Perez R, Gordillo-Fuenzalida F, Herrera M, Martínez JL, Rodríguez-Díaz M Pharmaceutics 10-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10051824
doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics15030897
PMID:36986757
Editorial: Insect physiological changes during insect-plant interaction Zhou W, Xia X, Mendoza-Mendoza A, Wakil W, Akutse KS, Bing X Front Physiol 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10031083
doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1175813
PMID:36969586
Cytotoxic and chemomodulatory effects of Phyllanthus niruri in MCF-7 and MCF-7ADR breast cancer cells Abdel-Sattar OE, Allam RM, Al-Abd AM, Avula B, Katragunta K, Khan IA, El-Desoky AM, Mohamed SO, El-Halawany A, Abdel-Sattar E, Meselhy MR Sci Rep 15-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9932073
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-29566-0
PMID:36792619
Sequential Biorefining of Bioactive Compounds of High Functional Value from Calafate Pomace (Berberis microphylla) Using Supercritical CO2 and Pressurized Liquids Ortiz-Viedma J, Bastias-Montes JM, Char C, Vega C, Quintriqueo A, Gallón-Bedoya M, Flores M, Aguilera JM, Miranda JM, Barros-Velázquez J Antioxidants (Basel) 30-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9952607
doi:10.3390/antiox12020323
PMID:36829882
Berberis microphylla G. Forst Intake Reduces the Cardiovascular Disease Plasmatic Markers Associated with a High-Fat Diet in a Mice Model Olivares-Caro L, Nova-Baza D, Radojkovic C, Bustamante L, Duran D, Mennickent D, Melin V, Contreras D, Perez AJ, Mardones C Antioxidants (Basel) 28-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9952125
doi:10.3390/antiox12020304
PMID:36829862
Berberine—A Promising Therapeutic Approach to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Infertile/Pregnant Women Ionescu OM, Frincu F, Mehedintu A, Plotogea M, Cirstoiu M, Petca A, Varlas V, Mehedintu C Life (Basel) 02-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9864590
doi:10.3390/life13010125
PMID:36676074
Analysis of glutathione-S-transferases from larvae of Galleria mellonella (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) with potential alkaloid detoxification function Venthur H, Lizana P, Manosalva L, Rojas V, Godoy R, Rocha A, Aguilera I, Palma-Millanao R, Fajardo V, Quiroz A, Mutis A Front Physiol 06-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9486002
doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.989006
PMID:36148307
The anti‐Trypanosoma activities of medicinal plants: A systematic review of the literature Nekoei S, Khamesipour F, Habtemariam S, de Souza W, Mohammadi Pour P, Hosseini SR Vet Med Sci 29-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9677405
doi:10.1002/vms3.912
PMID:36037401

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Pavine alkaloids
(-)-Argemonine 442168 Click to see 355.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.75133
(-)-Norargemonine 288121 Click to see 341.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.75133
> Alkaloids and derivatives / Protoberberine alkaloids and derivatives
Berberine 2353 Click to see 336.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.75133
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds
(1R,14S)-9,20,21,25,34-pentamethoxy-15,30-dimethyl-7,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.23,6.18,12.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6(35),8,10,12(34),18,20,22(33),24,26,31-dodecaene 102402044 Click to see 652.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50030A013
https://doi.org/10.1039/P19840000651
(1S,14S)-6,20,25,36-tetramethoxy-15,30-dimethyl-8,23-dioxa-15,30-diazaheptacyclo[22.6.2.29,12.13,7.114,18.027,31.022,33]hexatriaconta-3(36),4,6,9(35),10,12(34),18,20,22(33),24,26,31-dodecaen-21-ol 102512595 Click to see 638.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50030A013
(d)-Calafatine 337726 Click to see CN1CCC2=CC(=C3C=C2C1CC4=CC=C(C=C4)OC5=C(C=CC(=C5OC)CC6C7=C(O3)C(=C(C=C7CCN6C)OC)OC)OC)OC 652.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50030A013
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds / Furanoid lignans
Syringaresinol, (+)- 443023 Click to see 418.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.75133
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Isoquinolines and derivatives / Benzylisoquinolines
(1R)-1-[[4-[2-hydroxy-3-[[(1S)-7-hydroxy-6-methoxy-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-1-yl]methyl]-6-methoxyphenoxy]phenyl]methyl]-6-methoxy-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-7-ol 102154485 Click to see CN1CCC2=CC(=C(C=C2C1CC3=CC=C(C=C3)OC4=C(C=CC(=C4O)CC5C6=CC(=C(C=C6CCN5C)OC)O)OC)O)OC 626.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50030A013
4-[3-[[(1S)-6,7-dimethoxy-8-[(6-methoxy-2-methyl-1-oxo-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-7-yl)oxy]-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-1-yl]methyl]-2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy]benzaldehyde 102277973 Click to see 682.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50030A013
methyl 4-[3-[[(1S)-6,7-dimethoxy-8-[(6-methoxy-2-methyl-1-oxo-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-7-yl)oxy]-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-1-yl]methyl]-2,6-dimethoxyphenoxy]benzoate 102082197 Click to see 712.80 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP50030A013

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