Plant Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

California Poppy

How this plant is used

Medicinal

Subspecies

californica

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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
(-)-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.

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List of plant activities.
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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 *