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Plant Hydrastis canadensis (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Goldenseal
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-CANADINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-HYDRASTINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-CANADINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTETRAHYDROBERBERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALKALOIDS 0 Rhizome 18600.0 33800.0 1.37 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 25000.0 42900.0 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HYDRASTINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 90.0 325.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 189.0 681.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Root 18282.0 66000.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE 126 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE 126 Rhizome 20000.0 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Rhizome not available 50000.0 -1.51 Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Root 1385.0 60000.0 0.90 Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.8 3.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HYDRASTINE 0 Rhizome not available 4833.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 823.0 2970.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CANADALINE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 3 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenolytic 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Yoshikawa, M., et al. 1999. Medicinal Flowers. I. Aldose Reductase Inhibitors and Three New Eudesmane-Type Sesquiterpenes, Kikkanols A, B, and C, From the Flowers of Chrysanthemum inducum L. Chem Pharm Bull, 47(3): 340-345.
Allelochemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th