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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C20H18NO4.Cl
Molecular Weight 371.814
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of BERBERINE CHLORIDE

SMILES

[Cl-].COC1=C(OC)C2=C(C=C1)C=C3C4=CC5=C(OCO5)C=C4CC[N+]3=C2

InChI

InChIKey=VKJGBAJNNALVAV-UHFFFAOYSA-M
InChI=1S/C20H18NO4.ClH/c1-22-17-4-3-12-7-16-14-9-19-18(24-11-25-19)8-13(14)5-6-21(16)10-15(12)20(17)23-2;/h3-4,7-10H,5-6,11H2,1-2H3;1H/q+1;/p-1

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula ClH
Molecular Weight 36.461
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Molecular Formula C20H18NO4
Molecular Weight 336.3612
Charge 1
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Description
Curator's Comment: description was created based on several sources, including: https://examine.com/supplements/berberine/ | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19686830 | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25610485

Berberine, an alkaloid isolated from Rhizoma Coptidis, is known to have a wide array of therapeutic effects including antimicrobial, antineoplastic, and hepatoprotective effects. It is found in several plants including European barberry, goldenseal, goldthread, Oregon grape, phellodendron, and tree tumeric. Berberine seems to slightly reduce blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. Berberine might lower blood pressure. Berberine is possibly safe for most adults for short-term use when taken by mouth or applied to the skin.

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PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Screening for new compounds with antiherpes activity.
1984 Oct
Evaluation of natural products as inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase.
1991 Jan-Feb
HIV-1 and HIV-2 reverse transcriptases: a comparative study of sensitivity to inhibition by selected natural products.
1992 May 29
Effect of long-term administration of berberine on scopolamine-induced amnesia in rats.
1997 Jul
Screening of compounds for antimicrosporidial activity in vitro.
1998
The effect of Kampo formulae on bone resorption in vitro and in vivo. I. Active constituents of Tsu-kan-gan.
1998 Dec
Antitubercular natural products: berberine from the roots of commercial Hydrastis canadensis powder. Isolation of inactive 8-oxotetrahydrothalifendine, canadine, beta-hydrastine, and two new quinic acid esters, hycandinic acid esters-1 and -2.
1998 Oct
Differential inhibitory effects of protoberberines on sterol and chitin biosyntheses in Candida albicans.
1999 May
Analysis of coptisine, berberine and palmatine in adulterated Chinese medicine by capillary electrophoresis-electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry.
2000 Jan 14
Protective effect of berberine on cyclophosphamide-induced haemorrhagic cystitis in rats.
2001 May
Antimicrobial activity of berberine--a constituent of Mahonia aquifolium.
2002
Potential antimutagenic activity of berberine, a constituent of Mahonia aquifolium.
2002 Feb 19
Identification of three sulfate-conjugated metabolites of berberine chloride in healthy volunteers' urine after oral administration.
2002 Jan
[The interaction of berberine and human serum albumin].
2004 Jan
Search of chemical scaffolds for novel antituberculosis agents.
2005 Apr
Effect of artemisinin/artesunate as inhibitors of hepatitis B virus production in an "in vitro" replicative system.
2005 Nov
Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor by berberine in HepG2 and H4IIE cells: Biphasic effect on CYP1A1.
2005 Sep 15
Antimicrobial activity of berberine alone and in combination with ampicillin or oxacillin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
2005 Winter
Effect of berberine on interleukin 8 and monocyte chemotactic protein 1 expression in a human retinal pigment epithelial cell line.
2006
Berberine, a natural product, induces G1-phase cell cycle arrest and caspase-3-dependent apoptosis in human prostate carcinoma cells.
2006 Feb
Combination of simvastatin with berberine improves the lipid-lowering efficacy.
2008 Aug
Berberine enhances inhibition of glioma tumor cell migration and invasiveness mediated by arsenic trioxide.
2008 Feb 25
Antiosteoporotic chemical constituents from Er-Xian Decoction, a traditional Chinese herbal formula.
2008 Jul 23
Effect of berberine on expression of hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha in rats with fructose-induced insulin resistance.
2008 Jun
Protection by and anti-oxidant mechanism of berberine against rat liver fibrosis induced by multiple hepatotoxic factors.
2008 Mar
Studies on alkaloids binding to GC-rich human survivin promoter DNA using positive and negative ion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry.
2008 Mar
Anti-diabetic effects of cinnamaldehyde and berberine and their impacts on retinol-binding protein 4 expression in rats with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
2008 Nov 5
Effect of berberine on the antioxidant status, ultrastructural modifications and protein bound carbohydrates in azoxymethane-induced colon cancer in rats.
2009 Feb 12
Berberine suppresses intestinal disaccharidases with beneficial metabolic effects in diabetic states, evidences from in vivo and in vitro study.
2010 Apr
[Controlling effect of berberine on in vitro synthesis and metabolism of steroid hormones in insulin resistant ovary].
2010 Feb
Effect of traditional Chinese medicinal herbs on Candida spp. from patients with HIV/AIDS.
2011 Apr
Synthesis of 9-substituted derivatives of berberine as anti-HIV agents.
2011 Apr
Berberine attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced impairments of intestinal glutamine transport and glutaminase activity in rat.
2011 Apr
The formation and stabilization of a novel G-quadruplex in the 5'-flanking region of the relaxin gene.
2012
Alteration of hepatic glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase expression in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice by berberine.
2012 Aug
Potential anti-aging agents suppress the level of constitutive mTOR- and DNA damage- signaling.
2012 Dec
Modulations of cytochrome P450 expression in diabetic mice by berberine.
2012 Mar 5
Berberine, a natural antidiabetes drug, attenuates glucose neurotoxicity and promotes Nrf2-related neurite outgrowth.
2013 Nov 1
Berberine protects liver from ethanol-induced oxidative stress and steatosis in mice.
2014 Dec
The potential effect of berberine in mercury-induced hepatorenal toxicity in albino rats.
2014 Jul
Palmatine activates AhR and upregulates CYP1A activity in HepG2 cells but not in human hepatocytes.
2014 Jun
Multiple mechanisms of cell death induced by chelidonine in MCF-7 breast cancer cell line.
2014 Nov 5
The neuroprotective effect of berberine in mercury-induced neurotoxicity in rats.
2015 Aug
Kinetics and molecular docking studies of cholinesterase inhibitors derived from water layer of Lycopodiella cernua (L.) Pic. Serm. (II).
2015 Oct 5
Berberine promotes bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells osteogenic differentiation via canonical Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway.
2016 Jan 5
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500 mg of berberine 2-3 times daily for up to 3 months
Route of Administration: Oral
Berberine acted cytotoxically on both tumour cell lines. The melanoma B16 cells were much more sensitive to berberine treatment than the U937 cells. The value of IC(100) was below 100 ug/ml for the U937 cells and below 1 ug/ml for the B16 cells. As for both cell lines under the long-term influence the values of IC(50) were found to be less than 4 ug/ml.
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BERBERINE CHLORIDE
USP-RS  
Common Name English
Berberine hydrochloride [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
5,6-DIHYDRO-9,10-DIMETHOXYBENZO(G)-1,3-BENZODIOXOLO(5,6-A)QUINOLIZINIUM CHLORIDE
Systematic Name English
BERBERINE HYDROCHLORIDE
WHO-DD  
Common Name English
BERBERINUM
HPUS  
Common Name English
NSC-646666
Code English
NSC-163088
Code English
BERBERINUM [HPUS]
Common Name English
BERBERINE CHLORIDE [USP-RS]
Common Name English
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633-65-8
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SUB37619
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DTXSID8024602
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100000129189
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DBSALT002313
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646666
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NCI_THESAURUS
C1505
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CONCEPT Dietary Supplement
ALANWOOD
berberine chloride
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
211-195-9
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NCI_THESAURUS
C87331
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ChEMBL
CHEMBL295124
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163088
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12456
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