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
RUTIN	87	Flower	5000.0	50000.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE	48	Tissue Culture	1.4	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SANGUIRITRINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TRIGLOCHININ	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZEAXANTHIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

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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
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.