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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.
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
(+)-LAUDANIDINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-NARCOTINE 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-NARCOTOLINE 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-SCOULERINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-SCOULERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-HYDROXYCODEINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
10-NONACOSANOL 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
13-OXOCRYPTOPINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXYTHEBAINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
20-HYDROXY-TRICOSANYLCYCLOHEXANE 0 Fruit not available 36.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-NONACOSANE 0 Fruit not available 3.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
5'-O-DEMETHYLNARCOTINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYPHENANTHRENE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-ACTEONLYDIHYDROSANGUINARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-CODEINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-CODEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ACONITASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiplaque 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipyretic 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 7 Duke, 1992 *