"Berberine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An alkaloid from Hydrastis canadensis L., Berberidaceae. It is also found in many other plants. It is relatively toxic parenterally, but has been used orally for various parasitic and fungal infections and as antidiarrheal.
| Descriptor ID |
D001599
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.098.057.100 D03.633.400.168.100
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