Plant Coptis spp (Ranunculaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Generic Goldthread

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ARSENIC	2	Rhizome	not available	0.1	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE	126	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Rhizome	40000.0	90000.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
CAERULEIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Rhizome	1620.0	3410.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
COLUMBAMINE	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Rhizome	11.0	17.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
COPSINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPTINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPTISIDE-I	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPTISIDE-II	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPTISINE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COREXIMINE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIBERBERINE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GREENLANDICINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Rhizome	210.0	320.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCOPTISINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JATEORRHIZINE	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUMICAERULIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(+)-Inotropic	2	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient	3	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenocorticotrophic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenolytic	2	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Allelopathic	1	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Amebicide	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenergic	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.