Coptis

Kim, "Preventive effect of Coptis chinensis and berberine on intestinal injury in rats challenged with lipopolysaccharides," Food and Chemical Toxicology, vol.

Botanical name Family Collection site Coptis chinensis Franch.

[14], who demonstrated significant increase of phenolic constituents (P < 0.05) in breast muscles of chickens fed diet enriched with Morus alba L., Lonicera flos, Coptis chinensis extract mixture.

Identification of dried rhizomes of Coptis species using random amplified polymorphic DNA.

It consists of root and rhizome of Coptis deltoidea C.

Ingredient Number of hepatotoxic articles/case reports Sarsaparilla root 0 Cinnamon bark 1 [5] Ginger root 0 Licorice root 0 Dandelion root 0 Cardamom seed 0 Clove bud 0 Black pepper 1 [6] Juniper berry 1 [7] Long pepper berry 0 Phellodendron bark 0 Rhubarb root 4 [8-11] Skullcap root 7 [12-18] Coptis root 0 Forsythia fruit 0 Gardenia fruit 7 [19-25] Honeysuckle 0 Winter melon 0

GQ a Chinese medicinal herb decoction, including four quality assured herbs: Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi., Coptis chinensis Franch., Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi., Glycyrrihiza uralensis Fisch., has been used as an efficient acute diarrhea medicine from the Eastern Han dynasty for about 2000 years (Li et al., 2004).

(2007) isolated and identified the transcription factor CjWRKY1 from Coptis japonica and found a positive correlation between the expression of this gene and all the examined berberine biosynthesis genes, indicating that CjWRKY1 is involved in berberine biosynthesis.

But Advanced Blood Sugar Formula contains only 50 mg of Goldenthread (Coptis), which in turn probably contains only about 5 mg of berberine.

Berberine, an alkaloid isolated from a number of plants including Berberis vulgaris, Hydrastis canadensis, Coptis chinensis and Mahonia aquifolium, has been used extensively for treating diarrhoea and gastrointestinal (GI) complaints for centuries, with recognised antimicrobial, anti-motility, anti-permeability and anti-secretory properties.