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Plant Hydrastis canadensis (Ranunculaceae)

Common Names
Goldenseal
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimuscarinic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimycotic 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimyocarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineoplastic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th