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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Protisticide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Pyrogenic	1	Dasgupta, S., Ray, A. B., Bhattacharya, S. K., Bose, R. 1979. Constituents of Pachygone ovata and Pharmacological Action of its Major Leaf Alkaloid. J Nat Prod, 42(4): 399-406.
Respiradepressant	2	Martindale's 28th
RNA-Depressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	5	Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stomachic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Taenicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	3	Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.