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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Sanguinaria canadensis (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Bloodroot
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 18000.0 70000.0 2.50 *
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Plant *
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 3 Root *
BERBERINE 130 Root *
BETA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 1 Root *
BETA-HOMOCHELIDONINE 1 Plant *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Plant *
CHELILUTINE 0 Root *
CHELIRUBINE 3 Root *
COPTISINE 3 Root *
DIHYDROSANGUILUTINE 0 Plant *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant *
OXYSANGUINARIDINE 0 Root *
OXYSANGUINARINE 0 Plant *
PORPHYROXIN 0 Plant *
PROTOPINE 24 Root *
PSEUDOCHELERYTHRINE 0 Plant *
RESIN 0 Plant *
SANGUIDARIDINE 0 Root *
SANGUIDIMERINE 1 Root *

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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Adrenolytic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Al-Khalil, S. 1996. Inhibition of Lens Alkaloids Reductase by Protopine Alkaloids. Saudi Pharm J, 4(1): 45-47.
Amebicide 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphicholeretic 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analgesic 4 (View) *
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiacne 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 1 (View) *
Antiamnesic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiangiogenic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 4 (View) Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antiarthritic 1 (View) *