Plant Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy

How this plant is used

Food

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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
GNOSCOPINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GNOSCOPINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	5280.0	5664.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCOTARNINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCOTARNINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCODEINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INVERTASE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IODINE	12	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.28	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON	6	Seed	91.0	143.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBOLDINE	5	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBOLDINE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRATE-DEHYDROGENASE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRATE-LYASE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCORYPALMINE	0	Plant	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.
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	9050.0	9708.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUINOLINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	5330.0	5718.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
L-DOPA-DECARBOXYLASE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LACTATE-DEHYDROGENASE	0	Latex Exudate	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.