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

Plant Hydrastis canadensis (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Goldenseal
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
(+)-CANADINE 0 Rhizome *
(-)-ALPHA-HYDRASTINE 3 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-CANADINE 1 Plant *
5-HYDROXYTETRAHYDROBERBERINE 0 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ALKALOIDS 0 Rhizome 18600.0 33800.0 1.37 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 25000.0 42900.0 1.18 *
ALPHA-HYDRASTINE 3 Root *
ALUMINUM 5 Root 90.0 325.0 -0.14 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 189.0 681.0 -0.26 *
ASH 0 Root 18282.0 66000.0 -0.04 *
BERBERASTINE 126 Plant *
BERBERASTINE 126 Rhizome 20000.0 30000.0 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant *
BERBERINE 130 Rhizome 50000.0 -1.51 *
BERBERINE 130 Root 1385.0 60000.0 0.90 *
BERBERINE 130 Shoot *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root 0.8 3.0 -0.42 *
BETA-HYDRASTINE 0 Rhizome 4833.3 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 823.0 2970.0 -0.49 *
CANADALINE 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) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenolytic 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Yoshikawa, M., et al. 1999. Medicinal Flowers. I. Aldose Reductase Inhibitors and Three New Eudesmane-Type Sesquiterpenes, Kikkanols A, B, and C, From the Flowers of Chrysanthemum inducum L. Chem Pharm Bull, 47(3): 340-345.
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Amebicide 2 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 8 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 (View) *
Antiacne 7 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th