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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
ORIPAVINE 3 Fruit not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Seed not available 16200.0 2.63 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXOSANGUINARINE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYCRYPTOPINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
OXYDASE 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.
OXYDIMORPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYMORPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
OXYNARCOTINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYNARCOTINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYSANGUINARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PACODINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALAUDINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALAUDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 38630.0 46620.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 1300.0 1394.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Artemicide 3 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bilirubinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 8 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive 26 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 5 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.