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This daily blog has been about the struggles of juggling motherhood with being a full-time student for the first eight months of its existence.  I still share some of my life now that I've graduated but I also share information each day on herbs that I've learned along this journey.   While my herbariums are listed for free membership, I provide four fields from them in my blog: Constituents (the active ingredients of the herbs), the therapeutic actions (Examples are expectorant and stimulant), indications (colds, skin rashes, emphysema, etc), and safety information. More information can be found in the herbariums but these are the most important educational fields.  I also share scientific studies to help educate people who think there are no studies showing herbs work.

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Semester 3, Week 12, Day 4

7/28/2019

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Progress is being made on the assignments for the coming weeks.  Today I'm going to switch over and do the remaining quiz and discussion post for chemistry.  I'm still getting a giggle from my son last night.  My youngest cat was asking for attention and I had finished picking up the house for the night so I picked him up, sat in the chair with a blanket on and cuddled and pet him.  My son saw I was holding the cat and came running over. He climbed up and hugged my cat. The cat moved, a bit miffed over the attention then my son put his head on my cat's back.  The cat allowed it as I pet him and eventually my son went back to playing.  My poor cat however, was covered in drool!  LOL  We've had our breakfast and diapers are changed. Lots to do today.

On to California Poppy constituents!

Okay, the sources list this constituent as "californine" but Ganora, 2009, on page 71 lists "californidine".  I'm sure they are different forms of the same thing since both are isoquinoline alkaloids.  This is listed as a relaxant and a nervine.  Yes, I normally do Hoffman first but almost all of the constituents on this list are listed as unknown so I'm just looking everywhere for this post. On page 160, Ganora lists a few other things pavines, which are a category under isoquinoline alkaloids and then lists 2 more constituents for Califonia poppy under this category which are eschscholzidine and californidine so I think they both should be added. Also listed here are sanguinarine and chelerythrine.  She lists the herb overall as nervine sedative antispasmodic used for insomnia and anxiety.

Proptopine (Isoquinoline Alkaloid) is listed as an antispasmodic, sedative and anticholinergic (Ganora, 2009, p. 71).  On page 160, Ganora adds antiarrhythmic, antihypertensive, hepatoprotective and anti-bacterial.

Chelidonine (Isoquinoline Alkaloids) is listed as antimicrobial and antispasmodic in Ganora (2009, p. 71).

Isoquinoline Alkaloids are generally soluble in moderate to high alcohol though berberine is highly water-soluble (Ganora, 2009, p. 47)  On page 159-60, she goes into the structure. This class is either medicinal or pshychotropic, some plant being used as poison on arrows.  

Constituents: alkaloids californine, flavone glycosides, isoquinoline alkaloids (cryptopines, eschscholzidine, anguinarine and chelerythrine).

I'm going to leave it here for today.  Tomorrow I'll see if I can find these others.  Have a great day!
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