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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Argemone mexicana (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Prickly Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 1250.0 -0.41 *
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 3 Root *
ARGEMONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ARGEMONINE 2 Plant *
BERBERINE 130 Plant 410.0 *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Root *
CODEINE 14 Plant *
COPTISINE 3 Seed *
DIHYDROCHELERYTHRINE 0 Root *
DIHYDROSANGUINARINE 0 Shoot *
FAT 0 Seed 200000.0 393000.0 0.67 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
L-GLUTAMIC-ACID 0 Seed *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 96000.0 188600.0 0.70 *
MORPHINE 22 Plant *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed *
NORARGEMONINE 0 Fruit *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 44000.0 85800.0 -0.27 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
Adrenolytic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Kubo, M., et al. 1994. Studies on Anti-cataract Drugs from Natural Sources. I. Effects of a Methanolic Extract and the Alkaloidal Components from Corydalis Tuber on in vit Aldose Reductase Activity. Biol Pharm Bull, 17(3): 458-459.
Allergenic 2 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amebicide 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphicholeretic 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analgesic 6 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 3 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) *
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antiacne 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antiadrenergic 1 (View) Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiaggregant 3 (View) *
Antialopecic 3 (View) *