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
Respirainhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
RNA-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue	2	Martindale's 29th
Soporific	1	Duke, 1992 *
Spasmogenic	1	Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Stomachic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sympatholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tetanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	1	Fang, S. D., Wang, L. K., Hect, S. M. 1993. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I Isolated From the Roots of Zanthoxylum nitidum. J Org Chem, 58: 5025-5027.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.
Trichomonicide	2	Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotonic	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.
Vagostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *