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
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	3	Duke, 1992 *
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bilirubinolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	7	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	3	Martindale's 28th
Cardiodepressant	3	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	9	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.