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• Sanguinaria roots and rhizomes
• Names.
• Description.
• Constituents.
• Uses.

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White soft flower
One leaf plant
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Dark brown roots and rhizomes
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Sanguinaria
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Sanguinaria roots and rhizomes Blood root

• Sanguinaria canadensis
• Family Papaveraceae

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• Perennial herbaceous plant .
• Has dark brown roots and rhizomes
• The roots contain deep red colored latex (blood
  color latex).
• Odourless or has slight odour with bitter taste.
• Origin Canada , North America .

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Chemical constituents

• Alkaloid (quinoline group )
• Sanguinarine 80 .
• Chelerythrine .
• both of them are colourless but their salts have
  red or dark yellow color.

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• USES
• Emetic in large doses .
• Tooth paste base .
• Antiseptic .
• In treatments of gingivitis .

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