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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
GNOSCOPINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GNOSCOPINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 5280.0 5664.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCOTARNINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCOTARNINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCODEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INVERTASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IODINE 12 Seed not available 0.0 -0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Seed 91.0 143.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBOLDINE 5 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBOLDINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRATE-LYASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCORYPALMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 9050.0 9708.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUINOLINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 5330.0 5718.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
L-DOPA-DECARBOXYLASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTATE-DEHYDROGENASE 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 *