*Antifungal activity : The alkaloid fuyuziphine isolated from the whole plantof Fumaria indica showed inhibitive effect against spore germination of some plant pathogenic fungi (Collectotrichum sp., C. gloeosporioides, C. falcatum, Curvularia maculans, C. lunata, Erysiphe cichoracearum, Helminthosporium pennisetti, Oidium erysiphoides, Ustilago cynodontis, Alternaria chieranthi, A. melongenae, A. brassicicola and A. solani). Curvularia lunata, Oidium erysiphoides, Alternaria brassicicola and A. solani did not germinate at 750 and 1000 ppm and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, C. falcatum, Curvularia maculans were inhibited at 1000 ppm for 24 hr incubation. Germination of most fungi was significantly inhibited at 100~750 ppm.
*Antihelminthic activity : Ethanolic extracts of the whole plant of Fumaria parviflora (Papaveraceae) showed an anthelmintic efficacy of up to 93%, relative to pyrantel tartrate. Ethanol extract of F. parviflora caused a strong reduction of the faecal egg counts (100%) and a 78.2 and 88.8% reduction of adult H.contortus and T. colubriformis on day 13 post-treatment. The extract was as effective as the reference compound pyrantel tartrate.
*Spasmogenic and spasmolytic activity : The crude extract of Fumaria indica whole plant (Fi.Cr) and its fractions showed spasmogenic and spasmolytic. Data indicate that the presence of cholinergic and CCB constituents in Fumaria indica may explain the respective traditional use of Fumaria indica inconstipation and diarrhea .
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