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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
California Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
californica
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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Sialogogue 1 *
Soporific 1 *
Spasmogenic 1 Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spinodepressant 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Stimulant 2 *
Stomachic 1 *
Sunscreen 1 *
Sympatholytic 1 *
Tetanic 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Fang, S. D., Wang, L. K., Hect, S. M. 1993. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I Isolated From the Roots of Zanthoxylum nitidum. J Org Chem, 58: 5025-5027.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.
Toxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Trichomonicide 2 Martindale's 29th
Trypanocide 1 *
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 *
Uterocontractant 1 *
Uterotonic 4 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.
Vagostimulant 1 *