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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisuperoxidogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyphilitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitetanic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antithrombogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitrachomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitrypanosomic | 3 | 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. |
| Antitubercular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor | 7 | Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977 |
| Antitumor (brain) | 1 | Werbach & Murray, 1994. |
| Antitumor (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. |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitussive | 6 | 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. |
| Antiulcer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaginitic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 7 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |