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Common Names
Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIHYDROPROTOPINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROSANGUINARINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROSANGUINARINE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOPA-DECARBOXYLASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOPAMINE | 20 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DOPAMINE | 20 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EMULSIN | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| ERYTHRITOL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 400000.0 | 550000.0 | 1.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 58080.0 | 71818.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIXED-OIL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUMARASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GADOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 400.0 | 429.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLAUDINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMATE-OXALOACETATE-TRANSAMINASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMATE-PYRUVATE-TRANSAMINASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 45410.0 | 48713.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | 11230.0 | 12047.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYOXYLATE-REDUCTASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |