Berberines

[bur-buh-reen]

ber·be·rine

[bur-buh-reen]
noun Pharmacology.
a white or yellow, crystalline, water-soluble alkaloid, C20H19NO5, derived from barberry or goldenseal, used as an antipyrotic, antibacterial, and stomachic.

Origin:
1860–65; < Neo-Latin Berber(is) (see berberidaceous) + -ine1
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