Plant Hydrastis canadensis (Ranunculaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Goldenseal

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
RESIN	0	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.
RETICULINE	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.6	2.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.3	1.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Root	8.0	28.7	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	27700.0	180000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Root	19390.0	70000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Root	not available	2.6	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMINE	0	Root	0.7	2.6	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Root	2.6	9.3	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	723000.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPUCINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	0.4	1.6	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Breast)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	1	Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antiuterotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	5	Duke, 1992 *