Plant Macleaya cordata (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Plume Poppy

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
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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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
Antitumor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitussive	1	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.
Antiviral	2	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Astringent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bilirubinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiodepressant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cardiotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	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.
Cholagogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholekinetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	1	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.
CNS-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *