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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Coptis spp (Ranunculaceae)

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 0.1 -0.37 *
BERBERASTINE 126 Rhizome *
BERBERINE 130 Rhizome 40000.0 90000.0 0.90 *
CAERULEIC-ACID 0 Rhizome *
CALCIUM 28 Rhizome 1620.0 3410.0 -0.77 *
COLUMBAMINE 7 Rhizome *
COPPER 12 Rhizome 11.0 17.0 1.45 *
COPSINE 0 Rhizome *
COPTINE 0 Rhizome *
COPTISIDE-I 0 Rhizome *
COPTISIDE-II 0 Rhizome *
COPTISINE 3 Rhizome *
COREXIMINE 2 Rhizome *
EPIBERBERINE 1 Rhizome *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Rhizome *
GREENLANDICINE 0 Rhizome *
IRON 6 Rhizome 210.0 320.0 -0.12 *
ISOCOPTISINE 0 Rhizome *
JATEORRHIZINE 5 Rhizome *
LUMICAERULIC-ACID 0 Rhizome *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Adrenocorticotrophic 1 (View) *
Adrenolytic 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Allelopathic 1 (View) 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 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Analgesic 5 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 (View) *
Antiacne 3 (View) *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadrenergic 2 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant 4 (View) *
Antiakathisic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 2 (View) *
Antialopecic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.