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Common Names
California Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
californica
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antibiotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antibradykinic | 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. |
| Anticancer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 2 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Merck 7th Ed. |
| Anticariogenic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Anticataract | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antichlamydial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholecystitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticholera | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticholinergic | 1 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Anticirrhotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticlastogen | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticonjunctivitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticonvulsant | 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. |
| Anticoryzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCVI | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |