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Plant Macleaya cordata (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Plume Poppy
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
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BOCCONINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BOCCONOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELIRUBINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPTISINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTOPINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROCHEILANTHIFOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHOXYCHELERYTHRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHOXYSANGUINARINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HELERITRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HOMOCHELIDONINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MACARPINE 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 *
PROTOPINE-N-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE 48 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *

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(+)-Inotropic 1 (View Chemicals list for (+)-Inotropic) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for 12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View Chemicals list for 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 2 (View Chemicals list for Abortifacient) Duke, 1992 *
Adrenolytic 1 (View Chemicals list for Adrenolytic) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View Chemicals list for Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor) Al-Khalil, S. 1996. Inhibition of Lens Alkaloids Reductase by Protopine Alkaloids. Saudi Pharm J, 4(1): 45-47.
Amebicide 1 (View Chemicals list for Amebicide) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphicholeretic 1 (View Chemicals list for Amphicholeretic) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analgesic 3 (View Chemicals list for Analgesic) Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 (View Chemicals list for Anesthetic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiacetylcholinesterase) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiacne 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiacne) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadrenergic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiadrenergic) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant 2 (View Chemicals list for Antiaggregant) Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View Chemicals list for Antialzheimeran) Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiamnesic) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiangiogenic) Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 3 (View Chemicals list for Antiarrhythmic) Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antiarthritic 1 (View Chemicals list for Antiarthritic) Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus 1 (View Chemicals list for Antibacillus) Duke, 1992 *