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Chelidonium majus

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Chelidonium majus,
n See celandine.
Chelidonium majus
temperate zone plant of the family Papaveraceae; contains the isoquinoline alkaloid chelidonine; causes vomiting, colic and diarrhea, possibly somnolence. Called also greater celandine, celandine poppy.
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Holodd Wyn G Roberts, Pwllheli os oedd melynllys (llysiau'r wennol; Chelidonium majus yn ddiogel at ddefaid.
Cyfeiriada at y myrtwdd mewn emy ac adnod; LLEN Y LLYSIAU by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The yohimbine rich bark of Corynanthe yohimbe, has been employed for centuries as an aphrodisiac (Johanson and Diamond, 1968) whilst Chelidonium majus, Heracleum sphondylium and Satureja montana have been formulated into topical preparations by the European community for vaginal douches to increase sexual desire in women (Messegne, 1973).
Effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack on sexual qualities in middle ... by Ang, H.H.; Ngai, T.H.; Tan, T.H. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
Psoralea corylifolia (Leguminosae) and Chelidonium majus (Papaveraceae) are used in folk medicine for the treatment of breast, colon, ovarian, testicular and stomach cancer (Duke, 1985).
Ethanolic extracts of Euphorbia and other ethnobotanical species as ... by Whelan, L.C.; Ryan, M.F. / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
 
 
 
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