Argemone mexicana is a herbaceous medicinal plant belonging to the family Papaveraceae. It is indigenous to Mexico. Nowadays it is distributed throughout the hotter parts of India, up to 1500 meters elevation as a weed. A.mexicana seeds were collected from the Agasthiyamalai Biosphere Reserve Forest of South Western Ghats regions. The seeds were crushed by using a Mortar and Pestle. The oil was...

Epidemic dropsy is a clinical state resulting from use of edible oils adulterated with Argemone mexicana oil. Sanguinarine and dehydrosanguinarine are two major toxic alkaloids of Argemone oil, which cause widespread capillary dilatation, proliferation and increased capillary permeability. Leakage of the protein-rich plasma component into the extracellular compartment leads to the formation of ...

Context Knowledge gaps exist for the interference of Avena ludoviciana and Argemone mexicana in chickpea grown eastern Australia.Aims This research aimed to examine effect different levels A. their potential cause yield loss chickpea.Methods Experiments were conducted a randomised complete block design with five weed infestation both weeds (none, low, medium, high, very high) three replications...

The work is a study of the geometry of the molecules via molecular mechanics of the main alkaloids found in the seeds of Argemone Mexicana Linn, a prickly poppy, which is considered one of the most important species of plants in traditional Mexican and Indian medicine system. The seeds have toxic properties as well as bactericide, hallucinogenic, fungicide, insecticide, in isoquinolines and san...

Alkaloid contents in Argemone mexicana cell line AMMiF were analyzed during a 36-day culture cycle. The benzophenanthridine sanguinarine (SA) represented the main alkaloid. Dihydrosanguinarine (DHSA), a SA biosynthetic precursor and a less toxic benzophenanthridine, was also identified, based on chromatographic properties and further confirmed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry....