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Plant Chelidonium majus (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Celandine
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 2500.0 22000.0 0.17 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HOMOCHELIDONINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELAMIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELERITINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELIDAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELIDONIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELIDONINE 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELIDONIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELIRUBINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPTISINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORYSAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSANGUINARINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available 130.0 -0.73 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 Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
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 2 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Additive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenergic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Adrenolytic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Al-Khalil, S. 1996. Inhibition of Lens Alkaloids Reductase by Protopine Alkaloids. Saudi Pharm J, 4(1): 45-47.
Allergenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphicholeretic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analgesic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiacne 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadrenergic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 2 Duke, 1992 *