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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROCOPTISINE 0 Fruit not available 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TYRAMINE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Respirastimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
RNA-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Secretogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Sedative 3 Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue 2 Martindale's 29th
Soporific 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spasmogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sympatholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sympathomimetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tachycardic 1 Martindale's 29th
Tetanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Fang, S. D., Wang, L. K., Hect, S. M. 1993. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I Isolated From the Roots of Zanthoxylum nitidum. J Org Chem, 58: 5025-5027.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.
Toxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Trichomonicide 2 Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *