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Common Names
Goldenseal
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANADALINE | 0 | Root | not available | 450.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CANADINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CANADINE | 1 | Root | 693.0 | 2500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CANDALINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 227971.0 | 823000.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.3 | 0.9 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | 4.2 | 15.3 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CORYPALMINE | 2 | Root | not available | 2.0 | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| D-FRUCTOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GALACTOSE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-GLUCOSE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Root | 6371.0 | 23000.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Root | not available | 123000.0 | 0.77 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Root | not available | 123000.0 | 0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Root | not available | 392000.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDRASTIDINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 118.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDRASTIDINE | 0 | Root | not available | 91.0 | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| HYDRASTINE | 16 | Plant | 15000.0 | 40000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antispermigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistaphylococcic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistrep | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 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 |
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | 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 |
| Antisyphilitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrachomic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 1 | 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. |
| Antitubercular | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antituberculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 4 | Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990. |
| Antitumor (brain) | 3 | Werbach & Murray, 1994. |