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
Candidicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	3	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioactive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiodepressant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Cardiotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	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.
Carminative	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.
Catatonic	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.
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholekinetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	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.
CNS-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.