Plant Chelidonium majus (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
Antiamnesic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antianaphylactic	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.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	3	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antiarthritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antibronchitic	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.
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antichilblain	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichlamydial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholecystitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticholera	1	Martindale's 28th
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.