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Coptis chinensis



Chinese goldthread
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Coptis
Species: C. chinensis
Binomial name
Coptis chinensis
Franch.[1]

The Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis) is a species of goldthread native to China. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called duǎn è huánglián (短萼黄连).

  • Coptis chinensis Franch. var. chinensis[2]
    • (syn. Coptis teeta Wallich var. chinensis Finet & Gagnepain)[2]

Among other active compounds that Coptis chinensis contains is berberine[3] and coptisine.[4]

 
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Coptis_chinensis". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia.
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