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
RUTIN	87	Flower	5000.0	50000.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Tissue Culture	1.4	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUIRITRINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TRIGLOCHININ	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL	3	Plant	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.
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Plant	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.
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 *