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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Bocconia frutescens (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Tree Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 3 Plant *
BETA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 1 Plant *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Plant *
PROTOPINE 24 Plant *
SANGUINARINE 48 Wood *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiplaque 1 *
Antiseptic 3 *
Antispasmodic 1 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antispermigenic 1 *
Antisuperoxidogenic 1 *
Antitrypanosomic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antitumor 2 Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Antitussive 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.
Antivagal 1 *
Antiviral 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.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Candidicide 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.
Cardioactive 1 *
Cardiotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 *
Convulsant 1 *
Cytotoxic 1 *
Diuretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
DNA-Intercalator 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.
Emetic 1 *