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Plant Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
California Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
californica
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ESCHOLININE 0 Root 116.0 186.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCHSCHOLTZIDINE 0 Plant not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCHSCHOLTZIDINE 0 Root not available 2500.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ESCHSCHOLTZINE 0 Flower not available 150.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCHSCHOLTZINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCHSCHOLTZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCHSCHOLTZINE 0 Shoot not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCHSCHOLTZINE-N-OXIDE 0 Flower not available 203.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCHSCHOLTZIONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCHSCHOLTZXANTHIN 0 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.
ESCOLZINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESHOLINE 0 Root not available 143.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 468000.0 1.07 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FUMARIC-ACID 7 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.
FUMARINE 4 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
GLAUCINE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HCN 9 Root not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HUNNEMANINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IONIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCORYDINE 5 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Leucocytogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inhibitor 3 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Mutagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mydriatic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myocardiocontractant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Myocardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Narcotic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Nematicide 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neurotoxic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Occulotensive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxytocic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.