Definitions for berberine

berberine ber·be·rine

Spelling: [bur-buh-reen]
IPA: /ˈbɜr bəˌrin/

Berberine is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in berberine (bbeeeinrr).

Definitions for berberine

noun

  1. a white or yellow, crystalline, water-soluble alkaloid, C 20 H 19 NO 5 , derived from barberry or goldenseal, used as an antipyrotic, antibacterial, and stomachic.

Origin of berberine

1860-65; New Latin Berber(is) (see berberidaceous) + -ine1

Examples for berberine

The inner bark and roots yield a fine yellow dye (berberine).

But this similarity only holds in the north, and is now shown to be due to berberine immigration into Kordofan.

"I have never had any real trouble with them," she continued with a little gesture of pride towards the disappearing berberine.

It differs from paricine in its proportion of hydrogen, and from berberine in containing more carbon.

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