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Common Names
Generic Goldthread
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 * |
| BERBERASTINE | 126 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |
| COPSINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPTINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPTISIDE-I | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPTISIDE-II | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPTISINE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COREXIMINE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPIBERBERINE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GREENLANDICINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Rhizome | 210.0 | 320.0 | -0.12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCOPTISINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JATEORRHIZINE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUMICAERULIC-ACID | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypocholesterolemic | 5 | 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 | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypolipidemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunostimulant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Inotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 1 | Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994. |
| Insulinogenic | 2 | 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 |
| Lachrymatory | 2 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Larvicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 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 |
| Leucocytogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipase-Inhibitor | 2 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metal-Chelator | 1 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Mucogenic | 1 | Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990. |