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
Antispermigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistrep	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antisuperoxidogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyphilitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitetanic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antitrachomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrypanosomic	2	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.
Antitubercular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	4	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Antitumor (brain)	1	Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	4	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.
Antiulcer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiviral	5	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Astringent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bilirubinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	4	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.