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Plant Papaver bracteatum (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Great Scarlet Poppy
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
(-)-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 *
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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
Antiseptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisickling 2 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antispermigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitetanic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antitumor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 4 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.
Antiulcer 4 Martindale's 29th
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral 3 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist 3 Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 7 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Carcinogenic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Cardiovascular 2 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.