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
Antiflu	2	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antigiardial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonorrhea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antihepatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipogenic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimalarial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMeniere's	1	Martindale's 28th
Antimigraine	1	Martindale's 28th
Antimitotic	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antimuscarinic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.