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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
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 4350.0 4650.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 6900.0 8300.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ISOTHEBAINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 11500.0 13550.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 358650.0 383520.0 2.37 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 7200.0 8150.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 4500.0 5050.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLCORYDALDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NUCIFERINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 38700.0 44160.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
OREOPHILINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTALINONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ORIPAVINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYSANGUINARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 34650.0 37920.0 0.08 Duke, 1992 *
PAPAVERINE 26 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAPAVERRUBINES 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Plant 6600.0 8150.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 6800.0 8400.0 -0.58 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.