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

Plant Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Opium Poppy, Poppyseed Poppy
How this plant is used
Food

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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
(+)-LAUDANIDINE 0 Fruit *
(+)-RETICULINE 0 Fruit *
(+)-RETICULINE 0 Latex Exudate *
(-)-ALPHA-NARCOTINE 0 Inflorescence *
(-)-NARCOTOLINE 0 Inflorescence *
(-)-SCOULERINE 0 Latex Exudate *
(-)-SCOULERINE 0 Plant *
10-HYDROXYCODEINE 0 Latex Exudate *
10-NONACOSANOL 0 Latex Exudate Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
13-OXOCRYPTOPINE 0 Plant *
16-HYDROXYTHEBAINE 0 Plant *
20-HYDROXY-TRICOSANYLCYCLOHEXANE 0 Fruit 36.0 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Pericarp *
4-METHYL-NONACOSANE 0 Fruit 3.2 *
5'-O-DEMETHYLNARCOTINE 0 Plant *
5-HYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYPHENANTHRENE 0 Latex Exudate *
6-ACTEONLYDIHYDROSANGUINARINE 0 Plant *
6-METHYL-CODEINE 0 Fruit *
6-METHYL-CODEINE 0 Plant Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ACONITASE 0 Latex Exudate *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(+)-Inotropic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
Acaricide 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 3 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive 3 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Adrenergic 1 (View) *
Adrenolytic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 9 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelopathic 3 (View) Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 6 (View) *
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 (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).