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Plant Chelidonium majus (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Celandine
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Myorelaxant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myostimulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotoxic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Occulotensive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Perfumery 1 Merck 11th Edition
Pesticide 12 Duke, 1992 *
Phototoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Huang, C. G., Chu, Z. L., Yang, Z. M. 1991. Effect of Berberine on Synthesis of Platelet TXA2 and Plasma PGI2 in Rabbits. Chung-Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao, 12(6): 526-528.
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Radioprotective 1 Martindale's 28th
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Respiradepressant 1 Martindale's 28th
Respirainhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *