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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALKALOIDS	0	Plant	not available	1250.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGEMONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGEMONINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Plant	not available	410.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CODEINE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPTISINE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCHELERYTHRINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSANGUINARINE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	200000.0	393000.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-GLUTAMIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	96000.0	188600.0	0.70	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORARGEMONINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	44000.0	85800.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Huang, C. G., Chu, Z. L., Yang, Z. M. 1991. Effect of Berberine on Synthesis of Platelet TXA2 and Plasma PGI2 in Rabbits. Chung-Kuo Yao Li Hsueh Pao, 12(6): 526-528.
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Respiradepressant	1	Martindale's 28th
Respirainhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirasedative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Respirastimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
RNA-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
RT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Secretogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Sialogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Soap	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic	1	Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Spermicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Spinodepressant	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.
Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sympatholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tetanic	1	Duke, 1992 *