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Common Names
California Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
californica
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-ALPHA-CANADINE | 0 | Root | not available | 129.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-ALPHA-CANADINE-METHOHYDROXIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 129.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CARYACHINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-NORARGEMONINE | 0 | Root | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 10-HYDROXYCHELERYTHRINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 10-HYDROXYSANGUINARINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | 50.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 12-HYDROXYCHELIRUBINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | 137.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2',4'-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXYISOFLAVONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2'-METHOXYFORMONONETIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Plant | 600.0 | 2900.0 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Root | not available | 27000.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLOCRYPTOPINE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLOCRYPTOPINE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLOCRYPTOPINE | 5 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLOCRYPTOPINE | 5 | Shoot | not available | 260.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CANADINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-HOMOCHELIDONINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANTHERAXANTHIN | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| (+)-Inotropic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| 12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| 5-HT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Abortifacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACE-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Additive | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Adrenalytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Adrenolytic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor | 4 | Terashima, S., Shimizu, M., Nakayama, H., Ishikura, M., et al. 1990. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Medicinal Plant of 'Sinfito,' Potentilla candicans, and Further Synthesis of Their Related Compounds. Chem. Pharm. Bull 38(10):2733-2736, 1990 |
| Allelochemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allergenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Amebicide | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Amphicholeretic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Analeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Analgesic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |