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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
ORIPAVINE 3 Fruit not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Seed not available 16200.0 2.63 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXOSANGUINARINE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYCRYPTOPINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
OXYDASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OXYDIMORPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYMORPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
OXYNARCOTINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYNARCOTINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYSANGUINARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-VINYL-PHENOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
PACODINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALAUDINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALAUDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 38630.0 46620.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 1300.0 1394.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed Oil 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
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Mydriatic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Myocardiocontractant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Myocardiodepressant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Narcotic 4 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide 4 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 2 Martindale's 29th
NF-kB-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Occulotensive 1 Duke, 1992 *