Plant Sanguinaria canadensis (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Bloodroot

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	18000.0	70000.0	2.50	Duke, 1992 *
ALLOCRYPTOPINE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HOMOCHELIDONINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELIRUBINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPTISINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSANGUILUTINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXYSANGUINARIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXYSANGUINARINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PORPHYROXIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPINE	24	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOCHELERYTHRINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUIDARIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUIDIMERINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending	Chemical Count	Reference
(+)-Inotropic	1 (View Chemicals list for (+)-Inotropic)	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor)	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor)	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient	2 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient)	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1 (View Chemicals list for Absorbent)	Martindale's 29th
Adrenolytic	1 (View Chemicals list for Adrenolytic)	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	2 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor)	Al-Khalil, S. 1996. Inhibition of Lens Alkaloids Reductase by Protopine Alkaloids. Saudi Pharm J, 4(1): 45-47.
Amebicide	1 (View Chemicals list for Amebicide)	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphicholeretic	1 (View Chemicals list for Amphicholeretic)	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analgesic	4 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic)	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	2 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	3 (View Chemicals list for Antiacetylcholinesterase)	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiacne	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne)	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadrenergic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadrenergic)	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant	3 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant)	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran	1 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiamnesic)	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiangiogenic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiangiogenic)	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	4 (View Chemicals list for Antiarrhythmic)	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antiarthritic	1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarthritic)	Duke, 1992 *