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Plant Corydalis spp (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Fumewort
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-12-FORMYLOXYCORYNOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-12-HYDROXYCORYNOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-6-ACETYLCORYNOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ACETYLCORYNOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ACETYLISOCORYNOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CORYNOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CORYNOLOXINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ISOBOLDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ISOCORYNOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-NORJUZIPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-OXOACETYLCORYNOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLCORYDAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ADLUMIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AMBININE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AUROTENSINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BICUCINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BICUCULLINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BRACTEOLINE 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
Plasmodicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Huang, C. G., Chu, Z. L., Yang, Z. M. 1991. Effect of Berberine on Synthesis of Platelet TXA2 and Plasma PGI2 in Rabbits. Chung-Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao, 12(6): 526-528.
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respiradepressant 2 Martindale's 28th
Respiraparalytic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Respirastimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Respirodepressant 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
RNA-Depressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 6 Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue 2 Duke, 1992 *
Spasmogenic 1 Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Stimulant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sympatholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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.
Tranquilizer 2 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Trichomonicide 2 Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uterocontractant 1 Duke, 1992 *