Plant Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
DIHYDROPROTOPINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSANGUINARINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSANGUINARINE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOPA-DECARBOXYLASE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOPAMINE	20	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOPAMINE	20	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ERYTHRITOL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
FAT	0	Seed	400000.0	550000.0	1.50	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	58080.0	71818.0	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARASE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	400.0	429.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
GLAUDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMATE-OXALOACETATE-TRANSAMINASE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMATE-PYRUVATE-TRANSAMINASE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	45410.0	48713.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	11230.0	12047.0	0.16	Duke, 1992 *
GLYOXYLATE-REDUCTASE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Hemostat	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	9	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	1	Angewandte Botanik 68(5/6)=1994. Page 195.
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	3	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic	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.
Hypertensive	5	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Hyperthermic	1	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Hyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypnotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic	19	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	3	Duke, 1992 *