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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 3 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Antiacne | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadrenergic | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiaggregant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiallergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiamnesic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antiandrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiangiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiapoplectic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 5 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Antiarthritic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillus | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |