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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Eschscholzia californica (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
California Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal
Subspecies
californica

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-HOMOCHELIDONINE 1 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BISNORARGEMONINE 0 Plant *
BISNORARGEMONINE 0 Root 80.0 *
BISNORARGEMONINE 0 Shoot *
CALIFORNIDINE 0 Plant *
CALIFORNIDINE 0 Root 42.0 46.5 *
CALIFORNIDINE 0 Shoot 1900.0 *
CALIFORNINE 0 Shoot 130.0 *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Leaf *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Plant *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Root *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Seed *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Shoot *
CHELERYTHRINE 33 Tissue Culture 4.0 100.0 *
CHELILUTINE 0 Root *
CHELILUTINE 0 Shoot *
CHELILUTINE 0 Tissue Culture *
CHELIRUBINE 3 Root *
CHELIRUBINE 3 Shoot *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cataleptic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Catatonic 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.
Chemopreventive 1 *
Cholagogue 1 *
Cholekinetic 1 *
Choleretic 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.
CNS-Depressant 4 *
CNS-Paralytic 1 *
CNS-Suppressant 1 *
Collyrium 1 *
Colorant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Convulsant 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Curaroid 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 1 *
Cytotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 1 *
Detoxicant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.