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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
TETRAHYDROPAPAVERINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Fruit not available 7800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Gum not available 22500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Latex Exudate 1000.0 25000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 17300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Seed 10.0 410.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE 7 Tissue Culture 20.0 45.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAOL 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THEBAOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 7.8 9.9 0.79 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 9050.0 9708.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS 0 Seed not available 200.0 -0.57 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2550.0 2735.0 -0.20 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
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitorticollic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiTourette's 1 Martindale's 28th
Antitrachomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antitubercular 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 13 Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (brain) 1 Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitumor (Breast) 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 4 Duke, 1992 *