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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TYROSINE 8 Seed 6810.0 7305.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE-DECARBOXYLASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UREASE 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.
VALINE 3 Seed 12870.0 13806.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-A 0 Fruit not available 7.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 4.4 4.7 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 62250.0 73300.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
WAX 0 Latex Exudate 60000.0 136000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
XANTHALINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 24.0 130.0 2.41 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Prostate) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 5 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 9 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antiulcer 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 13 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antixerotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic 7 Martindale's 29th
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *