Plant Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-LAUDANIDINE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-RETICULINE	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-NARCOTINE	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-NARCOTOLINE	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-SCOULERINE	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-SCOULERINE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-HYDROXYCODEINE	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-NONACOSANOL	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
13-OXOCRYPTOPINE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
16-HYDROXYTHEBAINE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
20-HYDROXY-TRICOSANYLCYCLOHEXANE	Fruit	not available	36.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-NONACOSANE	Fruit	not available	3.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5'-O-DEMETHYLNARCOTINE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYPHENANTHRENE	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ACTEONLYDIHYDROSANGUINARINE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-CODEINE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-CODEINE	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ACONITASE	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiadrenergic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	8	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	5	Martindale's 28th
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antianaphylactic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.