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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
LACTIC-ACID 8 Latex Exudate 10000.0 20000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LANTHOPINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LANTHOPINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANIDINE 0 Latex Exudate not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANINE 1 Latex Exudate not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANINE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANOSINE 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANOSINE 4 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANOSINE 4 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANOSINE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LAUROLEIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN 20 Seed not available 28000.0 0.02 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LEUCINE 2 Seed 14840.0 15919.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 300335.0 309465.0 1.73 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *