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

Common Names

Chinese Goldthread; Huang-Lian; Huang-Lien

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
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 *

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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
Mydriatic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myocardiodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pesticide	7	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phototoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Prooxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Huang, C. G., Chu, Z. L., Yang, Z. M. 1991. Effect of Berberine on Synthesis of Platelet TXA2 and Plasma PGI2 in Rabbits. Chung-Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao, 12(6): 526-528.
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respiradepressant	2	Martindale's 28th
RNA-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *