Table 1.

HPLC quantification of alkaloids in extracts of Ch. majus

Rf	Compound	FWE (mg/100 g)	NPF (mg/100 g)	PEF (mg/100 g)
8.8 (9)	coptisine	628.9	509.2	404.3
8.4	chelidonine	109.7	59.3	134.3
10.4	sanguinarine	–	–	19.0
10.7	berberine	23.4	17.1	17.7
11.1	chelerythrine	0.67	1.16	0.29

FWE – full water extract; PEF – protein enriched fraction; NPF – non-protein fraction