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Common Names
Chinese Goldthread; Huang-Lian; Huang-Lien
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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 * |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Stomachic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sunscreen | 1 | Chemical Marketing Reporter; a weekly tabloid, 9/10/92. |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 1 | Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418. |
| Toxic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonicide | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uterocontractant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotonic | 2 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Vagostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasoconstrictor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |