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Coptis japonica

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 32 constituent measurements for Coptis japonica. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Coptis japonica (Thunb.) Makino

32Constituent measurements
0Safety records
6Cited sources
0Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.

What the records describe

Constituents measured

  • Berberine7
  • Coptisine6
  • Palmatine6
  • Jatrorrhizine3
  • Magnoflorine3
  • Columbamine2
  • Alkaloids1
  • Dimethyleneberberine1
  • Epiberberine1
  • Isoquinoline alkaloids1

Plant parts

  • Roots and other underground parts26
  • Unspecified6

Preparations

  • Solvent extraction31

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

SubstancePlant partPreparationConcentrationAnalytical methodSource
AlkaloidsRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
BerberineRoots and other underground parts———Resolve DOI
BerberineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 58.3 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
BerberineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 60.2 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
BerberineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
BerberineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 5.11 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
BerberineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 6.91 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
BerberineUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—LC-TOF-MSResolve DOI
ColumbamineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 0.2 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
ColumbamineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 0.3 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
CoptisineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 10 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
CoptisineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 13.3 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
CoptisineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
CoptisineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
CoptisineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 0.77 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
CoptisineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 1.63 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
DimethyleneberberineUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—LC-TOF-MSResolve DOI
EpiberberineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
Isoquinoline alkaloidsUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—LC-TOF-MSResolve DOI
JatrorrhizineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 5.3 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
JatrorrhizineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 7.2 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
JatrorrhizineUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—LC-TOF-MSResolve DOI
MagnoflorineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 4.3 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
MagnoflorineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 5.8 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
MagnoflorineUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—LC-TOF-MSResolve DOI
OxyberberineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
PalmatineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 0.1 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
PalmatineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 0.3 Milligram/gramCapillary (Zone) Electrophoresis (CE or CZE)Resolve DOI
PalmatineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction—High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
PalmatineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≥ 1.16 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
PalmatineRoots and other underground partsSolvent extraction≤ 1.69 PercentHigh Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)Resolve DOI
PalmatineUnspecifiedSolvent extraction—LC-TOF-MSResolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

  1. Chintalwar, GJ., Gupta, S., Roja, G., Bapat, VA. Protoberberine alkaloids from callus and cell suspension cultures of Tinospora cordifolia . Pharmaceutical biology, 2003, vol. 41, no. 2, p. 81-86. DOI
  2. LIU, YM., SHEU, SJ., CHIOU, SH., CHANG, HC., CHEN, YP. CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSES OF ALKALOIDS IN COMMERCIAL SAMPLES OF COPTIDIS RHIZOMA . Phytochemical analysis, 1994, vol. 5, no. 5, p. 256-260. DOI
  3. Chae, SH., Jeong, IH., Choi, DH., Oh, JW., Ahn, YJ. Growth-inhibiting effects of Coptis japonica root-derived isoquinoline alkaloids on human intestinal bacteria . Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 1999, vol. 47, no. 3, p. 934-938. DOI
  4. Min, Yong Deuk., Yang, Min Cheol., Lee, Kyu Ha., Kim, Kyung Ran., Choi, Sang Un., Lee, Kang Ro. Protoberberine alkaloids and their reversal activity of P-gp expressed multidrug resistance (MDR) from the rhizome of Coptis japonica Makino . Archives of pharmacal research, 2006, vol. 29, no. 9, p. 757-761. DOI
  5. Hasada, Keiko., Yoshida, Takamitsu., Yamazaki, Takeshi., Sugimoto, Naoki., Nishimura, Tetsuji., Nagatsu, Akito., Mizukami, Hajime. Application of H-1-NMR spectroscopy to validation of berberine alkaloid reagents and to chemical evaluation of Coptidis Rhizoma . Journal of natural medicines, 2011, vol. 65, no. 2, p. 262-267. DOI
  6. Deevanhxay, Phengxay., Suzuki, Makoto., Maeshibu, Nariaki., Li, He., Tanaka, Ken., Hirose, Sachio. Simultaneous characterization of quaternary alkaloids, 8-oxoprotoberberine alkaloids, and a steroid compound in Coscinium fenestratum by liquid chromatography hybrid ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS, 2009, vol. 50, no. 3, p. 413-425. DOI

Boundary

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