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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
(+)-LAUDANIDINE 0 Fruit *
(+)-RETICULINE 0 Fruit *
(+)-RETICULINE 0 Latex Exudate *
(-)-ALPHA-NARCOTINE 0 Inflorescence *
(-)-NARCOTOLINE 0 Inflorescence *
(-)-SCOULERINE 0 Latex Exudate *
(-)-SCOULERINE 0 Plant *
10-HYDROXYCODEINE 0 Latex Exudate *
10-NONACOSANOL 0 Latex Exudate Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
13-OXOCRYPTOPINE 0 Plant *
16-HYDROXYTHEBAINE 0 Plant *
20-HYDROXY-TRICOSANYLCYCLOHEXANE 0 Fruit 36.0 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Pericarp *
4-METHYL-NONACOSANE 0 Fruit 3.2 *
5'-O-DEMETHYLNARCOTINE 0 Plant *
5-HYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYPHENANTHRENE 0 Latex Exudate *
6-ACTEONLYDIHYDROSANGUINARINE 0 Plant *
6-METHYL-CODEINE 0 Fruit *
6-METHYL-CODEINE 0 Plant Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ACONITASE 0 Latex Exudate *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Stimulant 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.
CNS-Suppressant 1 *
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing 1 *
Collagenic 2 *
Collyrium 1 *
Colorant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 1 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Convulsant 6 *
Copper-Antagonist 1 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
Corticogenic 1 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.
Cosmetic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 *
Curaroid 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 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.
Cytotoxic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.