The yellow Anti-pathogens coptis

Coptis alkaloids have a broad spectrum of antibacterial and antiviral effects. Berberine is the main antibacterial ingredient. Berberine is bacteriostatic at low concentrations and bactericidal at high concentrations. Its antibacterial mechanism is to inhibit bacterial nucleic acid and protein metabolism and other pathways. The antibacterial action of palmitine and jatrorrhizine is similar to that of berberine. Coptis and berberine have different degrees of inhibitory effect on many influenza viruses, various pathogenic fungi, amoeba, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, etc. Coptis and berberine also have the effect of antibacterial toxins.