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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HYDRASTINE | 16 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDRASTINE | 16 | Root | 4155.0 | 40000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDRASTININE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDRASTIS-CANADENSIS-ALKALOID-10 | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 28.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDRASTIS-CANADENSIS-ALKALOID-11 | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 8.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INOSITOL | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INOSITOL | 8 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INOSITOL | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 17.0 | 61.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISO-HYDRASTIDINE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 92.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| JATRORRHIZINE | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Root | not available | 2900.0 | -1.03 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 814.0 | 2940.0 | 0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 2.4 | 8.5 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MECONINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MECONINE | 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. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 17.0 | 62.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Root | 341.0 | 1230.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 1712.0 | 6180.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Root | 31024.0 | 112000.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Juvabional | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Lachrymatory | 2 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Larvicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leptingenic | 1 | 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 |
| Leucocytogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Leukotriene-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipase-Inhibitor | 2 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Lipotropic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Memorigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Metal-Chelator | 1 | McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25. |
| Mucogenic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Mutagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mydriatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |