Agrostemma githago (Corn Cockle)

Traditional uses

UK

• Cancer

Turkey

• Diuretic

French

• Dropsy

German

• Poison

Tradition unspecified

• Poison

Argentina

• Vermifuge

English

• Expectorant

Italian

• Emmenagogue

Dutch

• Jaundice

Europe

• Poison

Chemicals

Sprout Seedling

• ALLANTOIC-ACID
• ALLANTOIN

Seed

• CITRULLIN
• FAT — 58000 to 68000
• GITHAGIN — 47000
• 2,4-DIHYDROXY-6-METHYL-PHENYLALANINE
• PROTEIN — 144000 to 162000

Plant

• GITHAGENIN
• GITHAGOSIDE
• SAPOTOXIN
• AGROSTEMMIC-ACID
• GYPSOGENIN
• ORCYLALANINE

Activities

1. Allergenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; GITHAGIN
2. Antidandruff — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
3. Antiinflammatory — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
4. Antioxidant — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
5. Antipeptic — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
6. Antipsoriac — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
7. Antiradicular — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
8. Antiulcer — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
9. Immunostimulant — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
10. Keratolytic — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
11. Occuloirritant — 1 compounds; toxic activity; GITHAGIN
12. Sunscreen — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
13. Suppurative — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN
14. Vulnerary — 1 compounds; ALLANTOIN

Toxic compounds

• GITHAGIN — Allergenic; Seed
• GITHAGIN — Occuloirritant; Seed