Plant Xanthorhiza simplicissima (Ranunculaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Yellowroot

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BERBERASTINE	126	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.
BERBERINE	130	Root	12000.0	13000.0	-0.78	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
JATRORRHIZINE	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MAGNOFLORINE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OBAMEGINE	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OXYACANTHINE	10	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Phototoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Huang, C. G., Chu, Z. L., Yang, Z. M. 1991. Effect of Berberine on Synthesis of Platelet TXA2 and Plasma PGI2 in Rabbits. Chung-Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao, 12(6): 526-528.
Protisticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Respiradepressant	2	Martindale's 28th
RNA-Depressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic	2	Duke, 1992 *
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.
Toxic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Trichomonicide	2	Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Uterocontractant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic	2	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	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *