Plant Argemone mexicana (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
PALMITOLIC-ACID	0	Seed	12000.0	23600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSETOLIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	176000.0	181000.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPINE	24	Plant	not available	840.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	17500.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
RICINOLEIC-ACID	7	Seed	20000.0	39300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROMNEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	11000.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antialzheimeran	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antibradykinic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antichlamydial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholecystitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticholera	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticholinergic	1	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Anticholinesterase	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Anticirrhotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).