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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
CANADALINE 0 Root 450.0 *
CANADINE 1 Plant *
CANADINE 1 Root 693.0 2500.0 *
CANDALINE 0 Plant 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 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Plant *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root 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 *
COBALT 2 Root 4.2 15.3 -0.21 *
CORYPALMINE 2 Root 2.0 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
D-FRUCTOSE 0 Plant *
D-GALACTOSE 0 Plant *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Plant *
FAT 0 Root 6371.0 23000.0 0.00 *
FIBER 15 Root 123000.0 0.77 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root 123000.0 0.35 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root 392000.0 -0.07 *
HYDRASTIDINE 0 Rhizome 118.3 *
HYDRASTIDINE 0 Root 91.0 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
HYDRASTINE 16 Plant 15000.0 40000.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 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.
Detoxicant 1 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Digestive 2 *
Diuretic 8 *
Emetic 2 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Enterotonic 1 *
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
Fungicide 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Gastroprotective 1 *