Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Coptisine is an alkaloid found in Chinese goldthread (Coptis chinensis). Famous for the bitter taste that it produces it is used in Chinese herbal medicine along with the related compound berberine for treating digestive disorders caused by bacterial infections.[citation needed]Also found in Greater Celandine and has also been detected in Opium.Coptisine has been found to reversibly inhibit Monoamine oxidase A in mice pointing to a potential role as a natural antidepressant.
