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
AESCULETIN	32	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	11780.0	12637.0	0.53	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Latex Exudate	50000.0	250000.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALLOCRYPTOPINE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	1400.0	5564.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-NARCOTINE	2	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.
APOMORPHINE	17	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
APOREINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	1720.0	1920.0	-0.47	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	19950.0	21401.0	-0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	1120.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	65450.0	75060.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	22020.0	23622.0	0.09	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiischemic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilactagogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukorrheic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipogenic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial	1	Duke, 1992 *