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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
AESCULETIN 32 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 11780.0 12637.0 0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Latex Exudate 50000.0 250000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALLOCRYPTOPINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 1400.0 5564.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-NARCOTINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
APOMORPHINE 17 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
APOREINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 1720.0 1920.0 -0.47 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 19950.0 21401.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit not available 1120.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed not available 0.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 65450.0 75060.0 0.82 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 22020.0 23622.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE 130 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 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
Estrogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Euphoric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Fatal 1 Martindale's 29th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 10 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Gastrocontractant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Gastroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastrosedative 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Glaucomagenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 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.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *