Plant Sanguinaria canadensis (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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 *

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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
Cardioactive	1	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 *
CNS-Paralytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	2	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	2	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 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
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.