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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAUROSCHOLTZINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUROSCHOLTZINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MACARPINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MACARPINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | 7.0 | 23.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | Root | not available | 93.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MORPHINE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-METHYL-LAUROTETANINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 80.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NORARGEMONINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NORISOARGEMONINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NORSANGUINARINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-MEHTYL-CARYACHINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-METHYL-CARATACHINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-METHYLCARIACHINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 250000.0 | 0.14 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROTOPINE | 24 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOPINE | 24 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOPINE | 24 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOPINE | 24 | Shoot | 30.0 | 150.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCITRIN | 44 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |