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
BETA-HOMOCHELIDONINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISNORARGEMONINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISNORARGEMONINE	0	Root	not available	80.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISNORARGEMONINE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALIFORNIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALIFORNIDINE	0	Root	42.0	46.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALIFORNIDINE	0	Shoot	not available	1900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALIFORNINE	0	Shoot	not available	130.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELERYTHRINE	33	Tissue Culture	4.0	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELILUTINE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELIRUBINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHELIRUBINE	3	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
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antimuscarinic	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.
Antimutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimycotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antineoplastic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuromuscular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	5	Merck 11th Edition
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperistaltic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphotooxidative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	1	Duke, 1992 *