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Taxonomy:                                                                            

                                                                                                 Kingdom  : Plantae

                                                                                                 Division   : Magnoliophyta

                                                                                                 Class        : Magnoliopsida

                                                                                                  Order       : Ranunculales

                                                                            ,                     Family     : Papaveraceae

                                                                                                  Genus      : Chelidonium

Chemical Constituents:

Chelidonic acid C₁₄H₅O3; a narcotic alkaline principle chelerythrin C37H16NO8; a bitter alkaline principle chelidonin C40H20N₃O6; a neutral crystallisable principle chelidoxanthin C₂₀H9NO4; beside resin, malic acid, silica, and various salts,major secondary metabolites, isoquinoline alkaloids, such as sanguinarine,  berberine and coptisine, Alkaloids including(Allocryptopine,,chelamine, coptisine, magnoflorine, protopine, sanguinarine, sparteine)  , Chelidonic acid , Chelidoniol ,  Histamine , Tyramine ,  Saponins ,carotene,vitamin c,alkylans thiotepa

 Part used : Whole plant

Reference:

             Chemical constituents:

• PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF CHELIDONIUM MAJUSL. (PAPAVERACEAE)

 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WP9-               45N43GF2H&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d

&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10

&md5=6bd2355c3a6ac2cbc2d146f6b3053335

http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/journals/net1882/net-1882-chelidonium.html

• Proapoptotic activity of Ukrain is based on Chelidonium majus L. alkaloids and mediated via a mitochondrial death pathway.

             www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16417634

             Anti-hyperglycemic activity:

• Traditional plant treatments for diabetes. Studies in normal and streptozotocin diabetic mice.www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2210118