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
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Digestive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Intercalator	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.
Emetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	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.
Fungicide	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Gastrocontractant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
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	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	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.
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	1	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	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.