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Plant Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae)

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Common name(s)
Opium Poppy, Poppyseed Poppy
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-LAUDANIDINE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 (+)-RETICULINE Latex Exudate -- -- -- *
0 (+)-RETICULINE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 (-)-ALPHA-NARCOTINE Inflorescence -- -- -- *
0 (-)-NARCOTOLINE Inflorescence -- -- -- *
0 (-)-SCOULERINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 (-)-SCOULERINE Latex Exudate -- -- -- *
0 10-HYDROXYCODEINE Latex Exudate -- -- -- *
0 10-NONACOSANOL Latex Exudate -- -- -- Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
0 13-OXOCRYPTOPINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 16-HYDROXYTHEBAINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 20-HYDROXY-TRICOSANYLCYCLOHEXANE Fruit -- 36.0 -- *
0 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID Pericarp -- -- -- *
0 4-METHYL-NONACOSANE Fruit -- 3.2 -- *
0 5'-O-DEMETHYLNARCOTINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 5-HYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYPHENANTHRENE Latex Exudate -- -- -- *
0 6-ACTEONLYDIHYDROSANGUINARINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 6-METHYL-CODEINE Plant -- -- -- Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
0 6-METHYL-CODEINE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ACONITASE Latex Exudate -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.