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KINGDOM:Plantae || PHYLUM:Tracheophyta || CLASS:Magnoliopsida || ORDER:Ranunculales || FAMILY:毛茛科 Ranunculaceae || GENUS: 黄连属 Coptis

黄连 Coptis chinensis Franch.

Accepted name Coptis chinensis Franch. (Ranunculaceae) WCVP · exact match
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《中国植物志》|| 毛茛科 RANUNCULACEAE ||黄连属 Coptis Salisb. ||黄连 Coptis chinensis Franch.

1.黄连(神农本草经)味连、川连、鸡爪连 图版150: 1-3
Coptis chinensis Franch. in Morot, Journ. Bot. 2: 231. 1897; 中药志1: 457, 图305, 6-7. 1959; 中国高等植物图鉴 1: 666, 图1332. 1972.——teeta Wall. var. chinensis (Franch. ) Finet et Gagnep. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 51: 402. 1904. ——C. teeta var. chinensis subvar. rhizomatosa Levl. in Rep. Sp. Nov. 7: 258. 1909.
根状茎黄色,常分枝,密生多数须根。叶有长柄;叶片稍带革质,卵状三角形,宽达10厘米,三全裂,中央全裂片卵状菱形,长3-8厘米,宽2-4厘米,顶端急尖,具长0.8-1.8厘米的细柄,3或5对羽状深裂,在下面分裂最深,深裂片彼此相距2-6毫米,边缘生具细刺尖的锐锯齿,侧全裂片具长1.5-5毫米的柄,斜卵形,比中央全裂片短,不等二深裂,两面的叶脉隆起,除表面沿脉被短柔毛外,其余无毛;叶柄长5-12厘米,无毛。花葶1-2条,高12-25厘米;二歧或多歧聚伞花序有3-8朵花;苞片披针形,三或五羽状深裂;萼片黄绿色,长椭圆状卵形,长9-12.5毫米,宽2-3毫米;花瓣线形或线状披针形,长5-6.5毫米,顶端渐尖,中央有蜜槽;雄蕊约20,花药长约1毫米,花丝长2-5毫米;心皮8-12,花柱微外弯。蓇葖长6-8毫米,柄约与之等长;种子7-8粒,长椭圆形,长约2毫米,宽约0.8毫米,褐色。2-3月开花,4-6月结果。
分布于四川、贵州、湖南、湖北、陕西南部。生海拔500-2000米间的山地林中或山谷阴处,野生或栽培。模式标本采自四川城口。
根状茎为著名中药“黄连”,含小檗碱、黄连碱、甲基黄连碱、掌叶防己碱等生物碱,可治急性结膜炎、急性细菌性痢疾、急性肠胃炎、吐血、痈疖疮疡等症。
黄连始载于《神农本草经》,列为上品。《本草纲目》中记载:“其根连珠而色黄,故名。”自古以来即认为四川为主产地,例如《名医别录》上说:“黄连生巫阳及蜀郡大山,二月八月采。”而巫阳及蜀郡均指四川。此外,本草记载在长江以东以及湖南、安徽诸省也产,如唐本草记载:“蜀道者粗大,味极浓苦,疗渴为最,江东(即今长江以东)者节如连珠,疗痢大著,今澄州(即今湖南澧县)者更胜。”再参阅重修政和经史证类备用本草中“澧州黄连”和“宣州(即今安徽宣城)黄连”以及《植物名实图考》中的黄连附图,特别是后二者可以清晰地鉴定即系黄连属(Coptis)植物无疑。因而可以认为我国自古以来即以四川一带的黄连 C. chinensis 及长江流域下游一带的短萼黄连 C. chinensis var. brevisepala 同时一并药用。


Source 中国植物物种信息数据库

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Medicinal plants
根状茎入药,味苦,为健胃药,治消化不良、肠炎下痢、呕吐腹痛,对杆菌性痢疾很有效;浸剂可用治眼结膜炎;外用可治化脓性外症,并作防腐剂。黄连煎剂在体外对赤痢菌、伤寒菌、大肠杆菌、金色葡萄状球菌等皆有显着杀菌作用,近采用黄连中的小檗碱(生物碱),与凡士林配成软膏外敷治脓疮及炎症。
[中国经济植物志79. 黄连 ( huanglian )]


Plant use records
Chinese name Vernacular name Plant Ethnic group Use Source
黄连 这各(Zev gor) 黄连 Coptis chinensis Franch. Tujia medicine Ethnomedicinal 《土家药》
黄连 黄连 黄连 Coptis chinensis Franch. Medicinal 中国药典2020
黄连 黄连 黄连 Coptis chinensis Franch. Medicinal 中华本草
黄连 黄连 黄连 Coptis chinensis Franch. Uyghur Ethnomedicinal 中华本草
黄连 黄连 黄连 Coptis chinensis Franch. Tibetan Ethnomedicinal 中华本草
黄连 黄连 黄连 Coptis chinensis Franch. Mongolian Ethnomedicinal 中华本草


Historical formulas containing this species
Use in historical formulas by period (7235 formulas in total)
Use in historical formulas by periodPre-Qin: 0Pre-QinHan: 2222HanWei–Jin & N–S: 3030Wei–Jin& N–SSui–Tang & Five Dynasties: 309309Sui–Tang& Five DynastiesSong: 21762176SongJin–Yuan: 415415Jin–YuanMing: 25432543MingQing: 17401740Qing




Wild economic plants of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (field survey)
Plant name Local name Family Life form Part used Folk use Voucher Locality Ethnic group Region

Research papers
Title Authors Journal Date
Genetic variation among wild and cultivated populations of the Chinese medicinal plant Coptis chinensis (Ranunculaceae) Shi, W.; Yang, C. -F.; Chen, J. -M.; Guo, Y. -H. PLANT BIOLOGY JUL 2008
Chinese medicinal plants: an alternative approach for management of Verticillium wilt of cotton Khaskheli, Muhammad I.; Sun, Jun L.; He, Shou P.; Pan, Zhao E.; Jia, Yin H.; Zhu, He Q.; Khaskheli, Allah J.; Du, Xiong M. PHYTOPATHOLOGIA MEDITERRANEA 2016
Anti-quorum sensing of Galla chinensis and Coptis chinensis on bacteria Zhang, Ying; Djakpo, Odilon; Xie, Yunfei; Guo, Yahui; Yu, Hang; Cheng, Yuliang; Qian, He; Shi, Rui; Yao, Weirong LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Characteristics of Seed Germination of the Protected Medicinal Plant Coptis chinensis ZHANG Chunping; HE Ping; HE Junxing; WANG Ruibo; ZHANG Yifeng Journal of Southwest University. Natural Science Edition 2008
An activity-integrated strategy involving ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry and fraction collector for rapid screening and characterization of the alpha-glucosidase inhibitors in Coptis chinensis Franch. (Huanglian) Ge, Ai-hua; Bai, Yang; Li, Jin; Liu, Jiao; He, Jun; Liu, Er-wei; Zhang, Peng; Zhang, Bo-li; Gao, Xiu-mei; Chang, Yan-xu JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS NOV 2014
Comparison of the effects of hot and cold Chinese medicinal plants on the production of inflammatory mediators by RAW 264.7 cells Ho, SC; Tsai, PJ JOURNAL OF FOOD AND DRUG ANALYSIS JUN 2004
Ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of 10 alkaloids in beagle plasma after the oral administration of the three Coptidis rhizoma extracts Ren, Yixuan; Wang, Zhibin; Wu, Chengcui; Dong, Hongrui; Gan, Chunli; Fan, Linzi; Wang, Wenyu; Yang, Chunjuan JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JUL 15 2019
Evaluation of the anti-proliferative properties of selected psoriasis-treating Chinese medicines on cultured HaCaT cells Tse, Wai-Pui; Che, Chun-Tao; Liu, Ken; Lin, Zhi-Xiu JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY NOV 3 2006
A metabolic profiling analysis of the acute hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity of Zhusha Anshen Wan compared with cinnabar in rats using H-1 NMR spectroscopy Wang, Haifeng; Bai, Jiao; Chen, Gang; Li, Wen; Xiang, Rongwu; Su, Guangyue; Pei, Yuehu JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAR 27 2013
A Chinese medicine formula (Jinqi Jiangtang Tablet): A review on its chemical constituents, quality control, pharmacokinetics studies, pharmacological properties and clinical applications Liu, Yi; Wang, Aiting; Wen, Lina; Yang, Zhirui; Yang, Xinyu; Zhang, Xu; Yan, Dan JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAY 23 2019
Berberine restored nitrergic and adrenergic function in mesenteric and iliac arteries from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats Zhao, Lili; Liu, Shuai; Wang, Man; Zhi, Minghua; Geng, Xufang; Hou, Congcong; Wang, Wei; Zhao, Ding JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY NOV 15 2019
Rheum palmatum L. and Coptis chinensis Franch., exert antipyretic effect on yeast-induced pyrexia rats involving regulation of TRPV1 and TRPM8 expression Kong, Xiangying; Wan, Hongye; Su, Xiaohui; Zhang, Cun; Yang, Yue; Li, Xiaomin; Yao, Lan; Lin, Na JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY APR 11 2014
Metabolomics-based evidence of the hypoglycemic effect of Ge-Gen-JiaoTai-Wan in type 2 diabetic rats via UHPLC-QTOF/MS analysis Wang, Wenbo; Zhao, Linlin; He, Zhenyu; Wu, Ning; Li, Qiuxia; Qiu, Xinjian; Zhou, Lu; Wang, Dongsheng JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JUN 12 2018
Protective effects of Huang-Lian-Jie-Du-Tang and its component group on collagen-induced arthritis in rats Hu, Yaohua; Hu, Zhenlin; Wang, Shuping; Dong, Xinxin; Xiao, Cheng; Jiang, Miao; Lv, Aiping; Zhang, Weidong; Liu, Runhui JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY DEC 12 2013
Tracking evidences of Coptis chinensis for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease from pharmacological, pharmacokinetic to clinical studies Yang, Yuhan; Vong, Chi Teng; Zeng, Shan; Gao, Caifang; Chen, Zhejie; Fu, Chaomei; Wang, Shengpeng; Zou, Liang; Wang, Anqi; Wang, Yitao JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAR 25 2021
Inhibition effect of oxyepiberberine isolated from Coptis chinensis franch. On non-small cell lung cancer based on a network pharmacology approach and experimental validation. Zhang, Ying; Yao, Yunfeng; Fu, Yingjie; Yuan, Zixin; Wu, Xingpan; Wang, Tianshun; Hong, Zongchao; Yang, Yanfang; Wu, Hezhen Journal of ethnopharmacology 2021-Oct-05
Berberine inhibits intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction in colon caused by peritoneal dialysis fluid by improving cell migration Zhang, Dongliang; Jiang, Lan; Wang, Mengling; Jin, Meiping; Zhang, Xuemei; Liu, Difa; Wang, Zhangwei; Yang, Licai; Xu, Xudong JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JAN 10 2021
Intervention effects of QRZSLXF, a Chinese medicinal herb recipe, on the DOR-beta-arrestinl-Bcl2 signal transduction pathway in a rat model of ulcerative colitis Fan, Heng; Liu, Xing-xing; Zhang, Li-juan; Hu, Hui; Tang, Qing; Duan, Xue-yun; Zhong, Min; Shou, Zhe-xing JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAY 28 2014
Proteomics approach to analyze protein profiling related with ADME/Tox in rat treated with Scutellariae radix and Coptidis rhizoma as well as their compatibility Miao, Qing; Zhao, Yuan-Yuan; Miao, Pei-Pei; Chen, Ning; Yan, Xue-Hua; Guo, Chang-E; Chen, Hong-Ying; Zhang, Yu-Jie JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY SEP 15 2015
Anti-ulcerogenic effect of Zuojin Pill against ethanol-induced acute gastric lesion in animal models Wang, Jing; Zhang, Tianzhu; Zhu, Lingpeng; Ma, Chunhua; Wang, Shumin JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY SEP 15 2015
Dingxin Recipe IV attenuates atherosclerosis by regulating lipid metabolism through LXR-alpha/SREBP1 pathway and modulating the gut microbiota in ApoE(-/-) mice fed with HFD Zhang, Yaxin; Gu, Yuyan; Chen, Yihao; Huang, Zhiyong; Li, Mei; Jiang, Weihao; Chen, Jiahui; Rao, Wenting; Luo, Shangfei; Chen, Yuyao; Chen, Junqi; Li, Lijun; Jia, Yuhua; Liu, Menghua; Zhou, Fenghua JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY FEB 10 2021
Antidepressant-like effect of ethanol extract from Zuojin Pill, containing two herbal drugs of Rhizoma Coptidis and Fructus Evodiae, is explained by modulating the monoaminergic neurotransmitter system in mice Wang, Qiang-Song; Ding, Shi-Lan; Mao, Hao-Ping; Cui, Yuan-Lu; Qi, Xue-Jie JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JUL 9 2013
Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B inhibitory activity of alkaloids from Rhizoma Coptidis and their molecular docking studies Choi, Jae Sue; Ali, Md Yousof; Jung, Hyun Ah; Oh, Sang Ho; Choi, Ran Joo; Kim, Eon Ji JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Coptis chinensis Franch. exhibits neuroprotective properties against oxidative stress in human neuroblastoma cells Friedemann, Thomas; Otto, Benjamin; Klaetschke, Kristin; Schumacher, Udo; Tao, Yi; Leung, Alexander Kai-Man; Efferth, Thomas; Schroeder, Sven JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY AUG 8 2014
The multi-targets integrated fingerprinting for screening anti-diabetic compounds from a Chinese medicine Jinqi Jiangtang Tablet Chang, Yan-xu; Ge, Ai-hua; Donnapee, Sineeporn; Li, Jin; Bai, Yang; Liu, Jiao; He, Jun; Yang, Xi; Song, Li-jiao; Zhang, Bo-li; Gao, Xiu-mei JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY APR 22 2015
The protective effect of the active components of ERPC on diabetic peripheral neuropathy in rats Hao, Gai-mei; Liu, Yong-gang; Wu, Yan; Xing, Wei; Guo, Shu-zhen; Wang, Yong; Wang, Zheng-lin; Li, Chun; Lv, Tian-tian; Wang, Hong-liang; Shi, Tian-jiao; Wang, Wei; Han, Jing JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY APR 18 2017
UHPLC/Q-TOFMS-based metabolomics for the characterization of cold and hot properties of Chinese materia medica Wang, Yang; Zhou, Shujun; Wang, Meng; Liu, Shuying; Hu, Yuanjia; He, Chengwei; Li, Peng; Wan, Jian-Bo JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY FEB 17 2016
Coptis chinensis Franch polysaccharides provide a dynamically regulation on intestinal microenvironment, based on the intestinal flora and mucosal immunity Chen, Qingqing; Ren, Rongrong; Zhang, Qingqing; Wu, Jingjing; Zhang, Yufeng; Xue, Mingsong; Yin, Dengke; Yang, Ye JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAR 1 2021
Analgesic effect of Coptis chinensis rhizomes (Coptidis Rhizoma) extract on rat model of irritable bowel syndrome Tjong, Yungwui; Ip, Siupo; Lao, Lixing; Fong, Harry H. S.; Sung, Joseph J. Y.; Berman, Brian; Che, Chuntao JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JUN 1 2011
An inhibitory effect of Berberine from herbal Coptis chinensis Franch on rat detrusor contraction in benign prostatic hyperplasia associated with lower urinary tract symptoms Miao, Lin; Yun, Xiaoting; Yang, Xiaohua; Jia, Sitong; Jiao, Chanyuan; Shao, Rui; Hao, Jia; Chang, Yanxu; Fan, Guanwei; Zhang, Ju; Geng, Qiang; Wichai, Nuttapong; Gao, Xiumei JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAR 25 2021
A refined-JinQi-JiangTang tablet ameliorates prediabetes by reducing insulin resistance and improving beta cell function in mice Gao, Li-hui; Liu, Quan; Liu, Shuai-nan; Chen, Zhi-yu; Li, Cai-na; Lei, Lei; Sun, Su-juan; Li, Lin-yi; Liu, Jing-long; Shen, Zhu-fang JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JAN 10 2014
Xiexin Tang ameliorates dyslipidemia in high-fat diet-induced obese rats via elevating gut microbiota-derived short chain fatty acids production and adjusting energy metabolism Xiao, Suwei; Zhang, Zhimiao; Chen, Mengjun; Zou, Junfeng; Jiang, Shu; Qian, Dawei; Duan, Jinao JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY SEP 15 2019
Zuojin Pill ameliorates chronic atrophic gastritis induced by MNNG through TGF-beta 1/PI3K/Akt axis Tong, Yuling; Wang, Ruilin; Liu, Xia; Tian, Miao; Wang, Yanling; Cui, Yanfei; Zou, Wenjun; Zhao, Yanling JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAY 10 2021
Exploring the synergistic mechanism of Gegen Qinlian Decoction on the Wnt signaling pathway using an integrated strategy of network pharmacology and RNA-seq. Li, Yanping; Gong, Yiting; Zhang, Xin; Wang, Jiaxin; Cheng, Yaru; Liu, Fen; Shi, Xiujia; Xu, Wenjuan; Dong, Ling Journal of ethnopharmacology 2021-Oct-05
Anti-inflammatory effects of 4 medicinal plant extracts in lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW 264.7 cells Jang, Mi; Jeong, Seung-Weon; Cho, Somi K.; Ahn, Kwang-Seok; Kim, Bum-Keun; Kim, Jong-Chan FOOD SCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY FEB 2013
Mechanism of action of natural products used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus Prabhakar, Pranav Kumar; Doble, Mukesh CHINESE JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AUG 2011
Antibacterial activities, antioxidant contents and antioxidant properties of three traditional Chinese medicinal extracts Li, Wenbin; Sun, Hongyan; Zhou, Jianwu; Zhang, Yabiao; Liu, Linjie; Gao, Ye BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 2015
Allelopathic effect of extracts from the fibrous roots of Coptis chinensis on Lactuca compositae, Vigna radiate and Brassica rapa pekinensis Wang Yaqi; Chen Danmei; Yuan Ling Acta Prataculturae Sinica 2015
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