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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.
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 *
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
Antisecretory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antishigellic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antispasmodic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antispermigenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistrep 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antisuperoxidogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyncopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyphilitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitrachomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic 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.
Antitubercular 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 6 Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Antitumor (brain) 1 Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitussive 3 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.
Antiulcer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.