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Papaveraceae - Greater Celandine, Great Celandine, Swallowwort, Schöllkraut
Eurasia, naturalized in East North America
Biennial or perennial herb, 0.30-0.70cm; leaves pinnately lobed, underneath blueish green; flowers yellow with 4 petals, 2 sepals and numerous stamens.
„Chelidonium majus L. (Papaveraceae) has a long history as being useful for the treatment of many diseases in European countries. This plant is of great interest for its use also in Chinese herbal medicine. The plant contains, as major secondary metabolites, isoquinoline alkaloids, such as sanguinarine, chelidonine, chelerythrine, berberine and coptisine. Other compounds structurally unrelated to the alkaloids have been isolated from the aerial parts: several flavonoids and phenolic acids. C. majus extracts and its purified compounds exhibit interesting antiviral, antitumour and antimicrobial properties both in vitro and in vivo.“ [Pharmacological activities of Chelidonium majus L. (Papaveraceae). Colombo ML, Bosisio E., Pharmacol Res. 1996 Feb;33(2):127-34]
Toxicity and pharmacological activity are discussed for several years. http://gjrmi.com/Upload/Apr2013/Biswas%20S%20J.,%20GJRMI%202%284%29_%20238-245.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelidonium_majus http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6llkraut
