Hydrastine is an alkaloid which was discovered in 1851 by Alfred P. Durand. Hydrolysis of hydrastine yields hydrastinine, which was patented by Bayer as a haemostatic drug during the 1910s. It is present in Hydrastis canadensis (thus the name) and other plants of the Ranunculaceae family.

CAS：118-08-1
中文别名：(-)-Beta-白毛莨碱;金印草素;
英文别名：1(3H)-Isobenzofuranone, 6,7-dimethoxy-3-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-6-methyl-1,3-dioxolo[4,5-g]isoquinolin-5-yl)-, [S-(R*,S*)]-;Hydrastine (10 mg);HYDRASTINE;quinolin-5-yl);(-)-Beta-Hydrastine;Hydrastinebase;(-)-B-HYDIASTINE;l-hydrastine;HYDRASTINE,(-)-B;
分子式：C21H21NO6
分子量：383.395
精确质量：383.137
Psa：66.46
Logp：2.8111

EINECS号：204-233-0
RTECS号：MU6030000
MDL号：MFCD00152561
PubChem号：24895532

密度：1.339g/cm3
沸点：548.8ºC at 760mmHg
熔点：132ºC
闪点：285.7ºC
折射率：1.614
储存条件：-20ºC
蒸汽压：4.28E-12mmHg at 25°C

RTECS号：MU6030000
安全说明：S36
危险类别码：R20/21/22
WGK Germany：3
危险品运输编码：1544
危险类别：6.1(b)
包装等级：III
危险品标志：Xn