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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 *
MORPHINE 22 Plant 900.0 2000.0 *
MORPHINE 22 Resin, Exudate, Sap 196000.0 *
MORPHINE 22 Root 200.0 3900.0 *
MORPHINE 22 Seed 0.3 390.0 *
MORPHINE 22 Shoot 39.0 1000.0 *
MORPHINE 22 Stem 10.0 300.0 *
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE 0 Fruit 60.0 *
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE 0 Latex Exudate Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE 0 Stem *
MYO-INOSITOL 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed Oil *
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID 1 Seed Oil *
N-METHYL-14-DEACETYLISOPORPHYROXINE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
N-METHYL-14-O-DESMETHYLEPIPORPHYROXINE 0 Plant Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NARCEINAMIDE 0 Fruit *
NARCEINE 6 Fruit 38.0 *
NARCEINE 6 Gum *
NARCEINE 6 Latex Exudate 2000.0 *
NARCEINE 6 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 7 *
Cardiotonic 3 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 3 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.
Carminative 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.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catatonic 2 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.
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Cerebrovasodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Chemopreventive 5 *
Cholagogue 3 *
Cholekinetic 1 *
Choleretic 8 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.
Cholinergic 2 Martindale's 28th
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 4 Martindale's 29th
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.