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Plant Sanguinaria canadensis (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Bloodroot
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
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 18000.0 70000.0 2.50 Duke, 1992 *
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-HOMOCHELIDONINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHELIRUBINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPTISINE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSANGUILUTINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYSANGUINARIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYSANGUINARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PORPHYROXIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPINE 24 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOCHELERYTHRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUIDARIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUIDIMERINE 1 Root 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
(+)-Inotropic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 2 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Adrenolytic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Al-Khalil, S. 1996. Inhibition of Lens Alkaloids Reductase by Protopine Alkaloids. Saudi Pharm J, 4(1): 45-47.
Amebicide 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphicholeretic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analgesic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiacne 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadrenergic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 4 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antiarthritic 1 Duke, 1992 *