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PHARM 2101
A Presentation on
Sanguinaria canadensis
Presented to:
Dr. Shrabanti Dev, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Discipline,Khulna university, Khulna.
Presented By: Fahim Shahriar Ahsraf (091112)
Local name
English: Bloodroot, Red Root, Red Paint, Indian
Plant.
Family: Papaveraceae
Morphology
Rhizome
Stem
Basal Leaves
Flower
Geography
Indigenous to eastern and central Canada and US
More common in inland than on coastal plain
Infrequently Cultured where it is gathered as medicine
Ecology and Cultivation
Best Grows in shaded,cool, moist open hardwood grooves, well drained woodland slopes
Slightly Grows on Strongly basic soils
Flowers do not have nectar, self pollination occurs
The seed attracts different insects
Insects carry the seeds within ground for better survival
Seeds collected as horticulture supplies
Keep in a shaded, cool place and not letting the root to dry out
Wash the roots with a high-pressure stream of water from a hose or with a root washer.
Dry roots at about 95°F, with high air-flow, for approximately three to seven days.
Constituents
Benzophenanthridine alkaloids
Sanguinarine
chelerythrine
protopine
Uses
Traditional Medicinal Use in treatment of rheumatism,asthma, bronchitis, laryngitis, fevers
etc. It was given orally and topically.
Traditional uses are abandoned now because of it’s toxic properties now.
At present day there is a huge use of it in Medicine.it is presnt in dozens of commercial
preparations usually as Expectorrents, Cough Syrups and tinctures.