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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Digestive 1 *
Diuretic 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
DNA-Intercalator 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition
Emetic 3 *
Estrogenic 1 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Euphoric 1 *
Expectorant 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
FLavor 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Gastrocontractant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Gastrosedative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Glaucomagenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 4 *
Gram(-)icide 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hemostat 3 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.