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
ERGOSTEROL	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	466000.0	1.06	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HOMOCHELIDONINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTAMINE	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCHELIDONINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYSANGUINARINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-SPARTEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNOFLORINE	11	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHOXYCHELIDONINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-AMINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID	11	Plant	not available	340.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXYCHELIDONINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXYSANGUINARINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPINE	24	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SPINASTEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STYLOPINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
Uterocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic	2	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.
Vagostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	3	Martindale's 29th
Vasomotor-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *