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Plant 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
RETICULINE 10 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RETICULINE 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHOEADINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHOEADINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.6 1.9 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
ROEMERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
S-RETICULINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-RETICULINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
S-RETICULINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed not available 0.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
SALUTARIDINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALUTARIDINE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALUTARIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SALUTARIDINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALUTARIDINOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
SALUTARIDINOLE 0 Plant 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 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SANGUINARINE 48 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SANGUINARINE 48 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihistaminic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.