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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 *
TETRAHYDROCOPTISINE 0 Fruit 1500.0 *
TYRAMINE 11 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Fungitoxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gastrocontractant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Gastrostimulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Glaucomagenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gram(+)icide 3 *
Gram(-)icide 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hemostat 2 *
Hepatoprotective 1 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Histaminic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypertensive 4 *
Hypocholesterolemic 2 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypoglycemic 2 *
Hypotensive 8 *
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunostimulant 2 *
Inotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 1 Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.