Macleaya cordata extract

Synonym: chelerythrine chloride-sanguinarine chloride mixt.;Macleaya cordata extract;13-Methyl-[1,3]benzodioxolo[5,6-c]-1,3-dioxolo[4,5-i]phenanthridinium chloride mixt. with 1,2-dimethoxy-12-methyl[1,3]benzodioxolo[5,6-c]phenanthridinium chloride;13-Methyl-[1,3]benzodioxolo[5,6-c]-1,3-dioxolo[4,5-i]phenanthridinium chloride mixt. with 1,2-dimethoxy-12-methyl[1,3]benzodioxolo[5,6-c]phenanthridinium chloride;MACLEAYA EXTRACT

CAS NO. : 112025-60-2

Formula: C20H14NO4

Molecular weight: 332.334

Molecular formula diagram

Botanical Original:
Macleaya Cordata (willd) R. Br.

Used Part:
Fruit, whole herb

Specification (Active ingredient & Assay)
Total alkaloid 10%, 50%, 98% by UV
Sanguinarine 10%, 15%, 40% 90% by HPLC
Chelerythrine 10%, 20%, 50%, 90% by HPLC

Macleaya cordata has sanguinarine, chelerythrine, protopine, cryptopine, bocconine, oxychelidonine, sanguirtrine, dehydrocorydaline, coptisine, corysamine, alkali A, alkali B, alkali C and various kinds of isoquinoline derivative alkaloids

Brief introduction:
Macleaya Cordata Extract (Synonym(s), Bocconia cordata) contains a lot of alkaloid, the main active ingredients are Sanguinarine and Chelerythrine, also some minority of Bocconine, protopine, α-allocryptopine etc. In Total alkaloid from Macleaya Cordata Extract, the content of Sanguinarine is about 2 times than that of Chelerythrine.

Pharmacological Action

1、 Application of macleaya cordata alkaloid on animals: Macleaya cordata alkaloid has good external bacteriostasis for animal pasteurella, salmonella pullorum and escherichia coli, and good therapeutic effect for yellow scour of newborn piglets. 
2、 Application of macleaya cordata alkaloid in biopesticide: As excellent inset-killing and sterilizing plant, macleaya cordata has following features: macleaya cordata total alkaloid has various kinds of functions on insects in aspects of apastia, stomach toxicity, killing with poison, resisting growth and development, killing eggs, resisting species’ reproduction, etc., with many functional locations for killing the activity of insects