Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
California Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
californica

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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-CANADINE 0 Root 129.0 *
(-)-ALPHA-CANADINE-METHOHYDROXIDE 0 Root 129.0 *
(-)-CARYACHINE 0 Shoot *
(-)-NORARGEMONINE 0 Root 50.0 *
10-HYDROXYCHELERYTHRINE 0 Tissue Culture 4.0 *
10-HYDROXYSANGUINARINE 0 Tissue Culture 50.5 *
12-HYDROXYCHELIRUBINE 0 Tissue Culture 137.0 *
2',4'-DIHYDROXY-7-METHOXYISOFLAVONE 0 Plant *
2'-METHOXYFORMONONETIN 0 Plant *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 600.0 2900.0 -0.36 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 27000.0 0.40 *
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Plant *
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Root *
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Seed *
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Shoot 260.0 *
ALPHA-ALLOCRYPTOPINE 3 Root *
ALPHA-CANADINE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-HOMOCHELIDONINE 0 Plant *
ANTHERAXANTHIN 1 Flower 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 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 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acidulant 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Additive 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adrenalytic 1 (View) *
Adrenolytic 1 (View) Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 (View) 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 (View) *
Allergenic 1 (View) *
Amebicide 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Amphicholeretic 1 (View) Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Analeptic 1 (View) *
Analgesic 6 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 3 (View) *