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
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 *

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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
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.