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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 |
|---|---|---|
| AntiCTS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidandruff | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidecubitic | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antideliriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidementia | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidepressant | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidiarrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidopaminergic | 1 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidote (Lead) | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Mercury) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysenteric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |