Society of Diabetic Nephropathy Prevention Journal of Preventive Epidemiology 2476-3934 1 2 2016 05 10 Berberis vulgaris as an antihypertensive drug; berbamine and oxycontin antihypertensive active ingredients e18 EN Kourosh Saki Zohreh Eftekhari Nasrollah Naghdi Mahmoud Bahmani Journal Article 2016 01 02 2016 01 22 Berberis vulgaris L., is a shrub in the Berberidaceae family and genus Berberis. Active ingredients of barberry plant contains berberine, jatrorrhizine, colombamine, palmatine, oxycontin, berbamine, malic acid, tartaric acid and pectin. Berbamine and oxycontin are active ingredients with blood pressure-lowering effects which with concentrated and determined the exact dose can be used in cases of high blood pressure as natural remedies.