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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
AESCULETIN 32 Pericarp *
ALANINE 3 Seed 11780.0 12637.0 0.53 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Latex Exudate 50000.0 250000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Plant Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 1400.0 5564.0 -0.22 *
ALPHA-NARCOTINE 2 Plant 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 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
APOREINE 0 Fruit *
ARABINOSE 0 Fruit 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 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 19950.0 21401.0 -0.14 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 1120.0 -0.21 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 -0.34 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Tissue Culture *
ASH 0 Seed 65450.0 75060.0 0.82 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 22020.0 23622.0 0.09 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Latex Exudate *
BERBERINE 130 Plant Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimyocontractant 1 *
Antineoplastic 3 *
Antinephritic 2 *
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 2 *
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineurogenic 1 *
Antineuromuscular 1 *
Antineuropathic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 3 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 *
Antiobesity 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.