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
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
Anticonjunctivitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticonvulsant	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticoronary	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoryzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiendotoxic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antienterotoxic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiesherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antigiardial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antigonorrhea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.