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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholagogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholekinetic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Paralytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Suppressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Collyrium | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytoprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 1 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |