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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Digestive	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Euphoric	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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.