Berberine

Compound Berberine 
Animal species male Wistar rats 
Metabolism parameters Oral administration
Oral administration
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Oral administration
Oral administration
Oral administration
Oral administration
Oral administration
Oral administration
Oral administration
Metabolites Berberine
Berberrubine
Thalifendine
Demethyleneberberine
Jatrorrhizine
Crude drug Coptis Rhizome , Corydalis Tuber , Nandina Fruit , Phellodendron Bark 
References 1) Zuo F., Nakamura N. and Hattori M.: Pharmacokinetics of berberine and its main metabolites in conventional and pseudo germ-free rats determined by liquid chromatography/ion trap mass spectrometry. Drug Metab. Dispos., 34, 2064-2072 (2006). 
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