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Common Names
Chinese Goldthread; Huang-Lian; Huang-Lien
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| 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 * |
| COPTISINE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Rhizome | 210.0 | 320.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| JATEORRHIZINE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Rhizome | 2240.0 | 2420.0 | 0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Rhizome | 260.0 | 398.0 | 1.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMATINE | 17 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Rhizome | 3550.0 | 6840.0 | -0.68 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Rhizome | 54.0 | 296.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WORENINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Rhizome | 90.0 | 600.0 | 2.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Curaroid | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytotoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Digestive | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterotonic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 1 | Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195. |
| Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 4 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypoglycemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |