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.
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.