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
(+)-CANADINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-HYDRASTINE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-CANADINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTETRAHYDROBERBERINE	0	Plant	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.
ALKALOIDS	0	Rhizome	18600.0	33800.0	1.37	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	25000.0	42900.0	1.18	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HYDRASTINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	90.0	325.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	189.0	681.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Root	18282.0	66000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE	126	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERASTINE	126	Rhizome	20000.0	30000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Rhizome	not available	50000.0	-1.51	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Root	1385.0	60000.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.8	3.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HYDRASTINE	0	Rhizome	not available	4833.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	823.0	2970.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
CANADALINE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	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
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigiardial	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigonorrhea	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatomic	2	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antihepatotic	2	Duke, 1992 *