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Plant Bocconia frutescens (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Tree Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPINE 24 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE 48 Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Kubo, M., et al. 1994. Studies on Anti-cataract Drugs from Natural Sources. I. Effects of a Methanolic Extract and the Alkaloidal Components from Corydalis Tuber on in vit Aldose Reductase Activity. Biol Pharm Bull, 17(3): 458-459.
Amphicholeretic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analgesic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiaggregant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticholinergic 1 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Anticholinesterase 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiedemic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antigingivitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antineoplastic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *