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Common Names
Opium Poppy; Poppyseed Poppy
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIPASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | 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. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 10990.0 | 11789.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 3148.0 | 15600.0 | 5.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNOFLORINE | 11 | Latex Exudate | 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. |
| MALATE-DEHYDROGENASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | 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. |
| MALTASE | 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. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 29.0 | 68.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MECONIC-ACID | 0 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MECONIC-ACID | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | 100000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| MECONIDINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MECONIN | 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. |
| MECONINE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MECONISIN | 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. |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 4700.0 | 5042.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MORPHINE | 22 | Fruit | 150.0 | 11200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MORPHINE | 22 | Gum | not available | 115000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MORPHINE | 22 | Hypocotyl | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MORPHINE | 22 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MORPHINE | 22 | Latex Exudate | 30000.0 | 250000.0 | not available | 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 * |