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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae)

Common Names
Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ORIPAVINE 3 Fruit 1000.0 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Seed 16200.0 2.63 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXOSANGUINARINE 0 Tissue Culture *
OXYCRYPTOPINE 0 Plant Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
OXYDASE 0 Latex Exudate ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXYDIMORPHINE 0 Plant *
OXYMORPHINE 0 Plant Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
OXYNARCOTINE 0 Fruit *
OXYNARCOTINE 0 Plant *
OXYSANGUINARINE 0 Plant *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Pericarp *
P-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PACODINE 0 Plant *
PALAUDINE 0 Latex Exudate *
PALAUDINE 0 Plant Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Latex Exudate *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 38630.0 46620.0 0.26 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Oil *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 1300.0 1394.0 -0.27 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed Oil *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihistaminic 5 *
AntiHIV 3 *
Antihomocysteine 1 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 9 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antihyperthyroid 1 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 3 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 19 *
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.