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

Common Names

Generic Goldthread

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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
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 *
OXYBERBERINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	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 *
THALIFENDINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLATINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Curaroid	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	2	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	2	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Enterotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fungicide	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Glaucomagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	2	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.