Veratrum album (White Hellebore)

Traditional uses

Turkey

  • Emetic
  • Expectorant
  • Laxative
  • Scabies
  • Sedative
  • Cathartic
  • Errhine
  • Nervine
  • Poison
  • Sudorific
  • Vermifuge

US(FL)

  • Felon

Egypt

  • Neuralgia
  • Purgative
  • Scabies
  • Gout
  • Insanity
  • Itch
  • Emetic
  • Sternutatory

Spain

  • Poison

UK

  • Rodenticide

USSR

  • Tumor

Chemicals

Rhizome

  • ACETIC-ACID
  • ALKAMINE-X
  • ANGELOYL-ZYGADENILIC-ACID-LACTONE
  • CHELIDONIC-ACID
  • GERMITETRINE
  • GLUCOSE
  • LOVERAINE
  • PSEUDOJERVOINE
  • RESIN — 250000
  • RUBIVERINE
  • SYNAINE
  • SUCROSE
  • VERADIOL
  • VERATROBASINE
  • VERINE
  • ALKAMINE-A
  • ALKALOIDS — 10000
  • 11-DEOXOJERVINE
  • GERMERINE
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL
  • VERACINE
  • VERALBIDINE

Plant

  • ALKALOIDS — 13000
  • DEACETYLGERMITETRINE
  • GLUCOVERACINTINE
  • 20-(2-METHYL-1-PYRROLIN-5-OYL)-4-PREGNEN-3-ONE
  • PROTOVERATRINE-A
  • PROTOVERATRINE-B
  • RHAMNOVERACINTINE
  • SOLANIDINE
  • VERACINTINE
  • VERALOSIDINE
  • VERAMARINE
  • VERAMERINE
  • VERATRIDINE
  • DEACETYLPROTOVERATRINE
  • DEACETYLNEOPROTOVERATRINE
  • GERMINE
  • VERALOBINE
  • VERAZINE
  • CERALOBINE
  • ISOGERMINE
  • PSI-JERVINE
  • PROTOVERATRIDINE
  • VERALOSINE
  • VERATETRINE
  • ANGELOYL-ZYGADENINE
  • VERALOSININE

Root

  • FRUCTOSE
  • GERALBINE
  • ISORUBIJERVINE
  • JERVINE
  • VERALKALINE
  • VERAREINE
  • VERARINE
  • VERALININE
  • VERAMININE
  • VERASINE
  • VERATRAMINE
  • ZYGADENILIC-ACID-DELTA-LACTONE
  • PSEUDOJERVINE
  • RUBIJERVINE
  • VERAMINE
  • VERATROYLZYGADENINE

Activities

  1. Pesticide — 5 compounds; ACETIC-ACID, BETA-SITOSTEROL, JERVINE, RUBIJERVINE, SOLANIDINE
  2. Antibacterial — 2 compounds; ACETIC-ACID, BETA-SITOSTEROL
  3. Antiedemic — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, GLUCOSE
  4. Antifeedant — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, SOLANIDINE
  5. Antiketotic — 2 compounds; FRUCTOSE, GLUCOSE
  6. Antioxidant — 2 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL, SUCROSE
  7. Fungicide — 2 compounds; ACETIC-ACID, RUBIJERVINE
  8. Spermicide — 2 compounds; ACETIC-ACID, BETA-SITOSTEROL
  9. Sweetener — 2 compounds; FRUCTOSE, SUCROSE
  10. Ulcerogenic — 2 compounds; ACETIC-ACID, BETA-SITOSTEROL
  11. Acetylcholinergic — 1 compounds; GLUCOSE
  12. Acidulant — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  13. Aggregant — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  14. Androgenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  15. Angiogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  16. Anorexic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  17. Antiadenomic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  18. Antialcoholic — 1 compounds; FRUCTOSE
  19. Antiandrogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  20. Anticancer (Breast) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  21. Anticancer (Cervix) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  22. Anticancer (Lung) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  23. Anticholinesterase — 1 compounds; SOLANIDINE
  24. Antidiabetic — 1 compounds; FRUCTOSE
  25. Antiestrogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  26. Antifertility — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  27. Antigonadotrophic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  28. Antihangover — 1 compounds; FRUCTOSE
  29. Antihepatotoxic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; GLUCOSE
  30. Antihiccup — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  31. Antihyperlipoproteinaemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  32. Antihypertensive — 1 compounds; VERATRAMINE
  33. Antiinflammatory — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  34. Antileukemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  35. Antilymphomic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  36. Antimutagenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  37. Antinauseant — 1 compounds; FRUCTOSE
  38. Antiophidic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  39. Antiophthalmic — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  40. Antiotitic — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  41. Antiprogestational — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  42. Antiprostaglandin — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  43. Antiprostatadenomic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  44. Antiprostatitic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  45. Antipyretic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  46. Antisalmonella — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  47. Antitumor (Breast) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  48. Antitumor (Cervix) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  49. Antitumor (Lung) — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  50. Antivaginitic — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  51. Antivaricose — 1 compounds; GLUCOSE
  52. Antiviral — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  53. Antiwart — 1 compounds; CHELIDONIC-ACID
  54. Apoptotic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  55. Arrhythmigenic — 1 compounds; GERMINE
  56. Artemicide — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  57. Atherogenic — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  58. Cancer-Preventive — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  59. Candidicide — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  60. Cardiactive — 1 compounds; GERMINE
  61. Caspase-8-Inducer — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  62. Collyrium — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  63. Demulcent — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  64. Estrogenic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  65. Expectorant — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  66. Febrifuge — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  67. Flatugenic — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  68. Gonadotrophic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  69. Hepatoprotective — 1 compounds; toxic activity; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  70. Hypercholesterolemic — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  71. Hyperglycemic — 1 compounds; GLUCOSE
  72. Hypocholesterolemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  73. Hypoglycemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  74. Hypolipidemic — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  75. Hypotensive — 1 compounds; GERMINE
  76. Insecticide — 1 compounds; JERVINE
  77. Irritant — 1 compounds; toxic activity; CHELIDONIC-ACID
  78. Keratitigenic — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  79. Laxative — 1 compounds; FRUCTOSE
  80. Memory-Enhancer — 1 compounds; GLUCOSE
  81. Mucolytic — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  82. Neoplastic — 1 compounds; FRUCTOSE
  83. Osteolytic — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  84. Perfumery — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  85. Preservative — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  86. Protisticide — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  87. Teratogenic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; SOLANIDINE
  88. Toxic — 1 compounds; toxic activity; SOLANIDINE
  89. Triglycerigenic — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  90. Ubiquiot — 1 compounds; BETA-SITOSTEROL
  91. Uricogenic — 1 compounds; SUCROSE
  92. Verrucolytic — 1 compounds; ACETIC-ACID
  93. Vulnerary — 1 compounds; SUCROSE

Toxic compounds

  • BETA-SITOSTEROL — Antimutagenic; Rhizome; 250 ug/ml
  • BETA-SITOSTEROL — Hepatoprotective; Rhizome
  • CHELIDONIC-ACID — Irritant; Rhizome
  • GLUCOSE — Antihepatotoxic; Rhizome
  • SOLANIDINE — Teratogenic; Plant
  • SOLANIDINE — Toxic; Plant