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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimanic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastalgic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimastitic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimeasles | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antimelanogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMeniere's | 1 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Antimenopausal | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimenorrhagic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 3 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antimigraine | 6 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitotic | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antimorphinistic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antimuscarinic | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antimutagenic | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimycotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |