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
BETA-HOMOCHELIDONINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISNORARGEMONINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISNORARGEMONINE	0	Root	not available	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISNORARGEMONINE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALIFORNIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALIFORNIDINE	0	Root	42.0	46.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALIFORNIDINE	0	Shoot	not available	1900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALIFORNINE	0	Shoot	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Tissue Culture	4.0	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELIRUBINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELIRUBINE	3	Shoot	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
(+)-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 *