Chelidonium majus, greater celandine - magic-plants ethnobotany
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Chelidonium majus, greater celandine
| Botanical names: Chelidonium majus, Chelidonium haematodes, Chelidonium laciniatum, Chelidonium laciniatum var. fumariifolium, Chelidonium luteum, Chelidonium murale, Chelidonium olidum, Chelidonium quercifolium, Chelidonium ruderale, Chelidonium umbelliferum | Papaveraceae | |
| Common names English: greater celandine, tetterwort, nipplewort, swallowwort Spanish: celidonia mayor, hierba golondrinera, selidonia French: grande chélidoine, grande éclaire, chélidoine majeure German: Schöllkraut, Warzenkraut | ||
| Active constituents: isoquinoline alkaloids, methyl 2-(7,8-dihydrosanguinarine-8-yl) acetate, allocryptopine, stylopine, protopine, norchelidonine, berberine, chelidonine, sanguinarine, chelerythrine, 8-hydroxydihydrosanguinarine | ||
Chelidonium majus, greater celandine
illustration from Koehler's medicinal plants
