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Solidago virgaurea Linn.


Botanical Name	:	Solidago virgaurea Linn.
English Name	:	Golden Rod
Family	:	Asteraceae

General Info

Description

A graceful, perennial herb, 15-60 cm. tall, with stout stem, rarely branched. Leaves lanceolate; flower heads numerous, in long leafy panicles, heads golden-yellow; achenes glabrous or slightly hairy.

Herb Effects

Alleviates spasms, counteracts hyperactivity due to amphetamines, depresses the cardiovascular system, spermicidal, analgesic, diuretic, lithontriptic, vulnerary, sudorific and carminative (plant); diaphoretic (flower); carminative (flower and plant); anticoagulant, astringent and carminative (seed)

Links

University of Maryland Medical Center
Plants for a Future
Herb Information

Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Rutin, quercetin, kaempferol, quercitrin, a leiocarposide, kaempferol rhamnoside, astragalin and chlorogenic and caffeic acids (plant)

Chemistry of Active Ingredients

Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Rutin

Not Available

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
[(3,4,5-tr ihydroxy
-6-methyl-tetrahydro
pyran-2-yl)oxymethyl
]tetrahydropyran-2-y
l] oxy-chromen-7-on
e trihydrate

C₂₇H₃₆O₁₉

Quercetin

Not Available

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-3,4,5-trihydroxy
-chromen-7-one

C₁₅H₁₀O₇

Kaempferol

80714-53-0

3-[3-[4,5-dihydroxy-
6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-
[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxyme thyl)oxa
n-2-yl]oxy-oxan-2-yl
]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2 -yl]oxy-4,5-dihy
droxy-2-(4-hydroxyph
enyl)-chromen-7-one

C₃₃H₄₀O₂₁

Quercitrin

6151-25-3

2-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-3-
(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
methyl-oxa n-2-yl)o
xy-chromen-7-one

C₂₁H₂₀O₁₁

Leiocarposide

Not Available

[2-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)
-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-
(hydroxymethyl)oxan-
2-yl]oxyph enyl]met
hyl
6-hydroxy-2-methoxy-
3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-
3,4,5-trihydroxy-6
-(hydroxymethyl)oxan
-2-yl]oxy-benzoate

C₂₇H₃₄O₁₆

Kaempferol rhamnoside

Not Available

5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-3-[(2R
,3S,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-
trihydroxy -6-methy
l-oxan-2-yl]oxy-chro
men-4-one

C₂₁H₂₀O₁₀

Astragalin

480-10-4

4,5-dihydroxy-2-(4-h
ydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4
,5-trihydroxy-6-(hyd
roxymethyl )oxan-2-
yl]oxy-chromen-7-one

C₂₁H₂₀O₁₁

Chlorogenic acid

327-97-9

3-[3-(3,4-dihydroxyp
henyl)prop-2-enoylox
y]-1,4,5-trihydroxy-
cyclohexan e-1-carb
oxylic acid

C₁₆H₁₈O₉

Caffeic acid

Not Available

3-(3,4-dihydroxyphen
yl)prop-2-enoic acid

C₉H₈O₄

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

In kidney stones and dysentery, asthma, whooping cough, internal lesions, dropsy, and chronic eczema, and in rheumatism, acute and chronic nephritis and oedema of a renal nature with history of dystrophy, in the treatment of urinary infections, chronic catarrh, skin diseases and influenza (plant); in diarrhoea and dysentery (root)

Contraindication

Pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as people with impaired heart or kidney function should not take goldenrod.

Reference

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.

Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas.

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