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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
MORPHINE 22 Leaf 28.0 8950.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Plant 900.0 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 196000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Root 200.0 3900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Seed 0.3 390.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Shoot 39.0 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Stem 10.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE 0 Fruit not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID 1 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-14-DEACETYLISOPORPHYROXINE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
N-METHYL-14-O-DESMETHYLEPIPORPHYROXINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NARCEINAMIDE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE 6 Fruit not available 38.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE 6 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE 6 Latex Exudate not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE 6 Plant not available not available not available 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
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.