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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHELIRUBINE | 3 | Tissue Culture | not available | 11.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLESTROL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CODEINE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPTISINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPTISINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPTISINE | 3 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CORYDINE | 6 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CORYTUBERINE | 3 | Shoot | not available | 6.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRYPTOCAVINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CRYPTOPINE | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCHELERYTHRINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCHELILUTINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCHELIRUBINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | 19.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROMACARPINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | 27.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROSANGUINARINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DIHYDROSANGUINARINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | 4.3 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DL-CHEILANTHIFOLINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHOLAMIDINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHOLIDINE | 0 | Root | 422.0 | 791.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ESCHOLINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidementia | 1 | Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 2 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 1 | Jin, G-Z., Yamagata, Y., and Tomita, K.-i. 1989. Structure of Rutin Pentamethanol. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(2): 297-300, 1990. |
| Antidiarrheic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidote | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiedemic | 5 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antiendotoxic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antienterotoxic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antierythemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifeedant | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrillary | 1 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Antiflu | 1 | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| Antigiardial | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |