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Plant Papaver bracteatum (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Great Scarlet Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(-)-NUCIFERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
0-METHYLCORYPALLINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
14BETA-HYDROXYCODEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
14BETA-HYDROXYCODEINONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLORNITHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 7000.0 8650.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
ALPIGENINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 18300.0 21650.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 17000.0 20350.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
BRACTAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BRACTAVINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BRACTEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BRACTEOLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CODEINE 14 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPTISINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORYPALLINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 4150.0 4950.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 450000.0 480000.0 1.13 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 37600.0 43200.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 7750.0 9350.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antieczemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiencephalopathic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antigastritic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antigonadotrophic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiherpetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiHIV 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypertensive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfertility 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 Duke, 1992 *