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
Hypertensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	3	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypoglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Irritant	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Lachrymatory	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inhibitor	3	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Molluscicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *