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Preferred term

Chelidonium majus  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Celandine, Greater
  • Celandines, Greater
  • Greater Celandine
  • Greater Celandines

Scope note

  • A plant species of the family PAPAVERACEAE. The common name greater celandine is similar to lesser celandine (Ficaria verna), and celandine poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum). It has been used in folk medicine and its latex contains biologically active compounds including BENZOPHENANTHRIDINES alkaloids (e.g., Chelerythrine).

History note

  • 2024

In other languages

  • keltamo

    Finnish

  • Chelidonium majus -kasvilaji
  • Chelidonium majus -laji
  • Skelört

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000097563

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