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HYDRASTINE

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 34 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HYDRASTINE  , C21H21NO6i an

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alkaloid found with
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berberine in the
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root of
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golden
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seal, Hydrastis canadensis, a plant indigenous to
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North
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America . It was discovered by
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Durand in 1851, and its
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chemistry formed the subject of numerous communications by E .
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Schmidt and M .
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Freund (see
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Ann., 1892, 271, p . 311) who, aided by P . Fritsch (Ann., 1895, 286, p . I), established its constitution . It is related to narcotine, which is methoxy hydrastine . The root of golden seal is used in
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medicine under the name
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hydra stis rhizome, as a stomachic and nervine stimulant .

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