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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterocontractant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic	3	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Vagostimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	8	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).