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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 520.0 550.0 -0.42 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BORON 4 Seed 15.0 95.0 3.36 Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Pericarp *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 13807.0 16214.0 2.22 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Seed 200.0 240.0 -0.13 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CANADINE 1 Plant *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Latex Exudate 50000.0 100000.0 0.92 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 236900.0 254130.0 -1.07 *
CATALASE 1 Latex Exudate *
CERYL-PALMITATE 0 Latex Exudate ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHOLINE 20 Plant *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 13.4 1.27 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Latex Exudate ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
COBALT 2 Seed 0.4 -0.19 *
CODAMINE 0 Fruit *
CODAMINE 0 Latex Exudate 10.0 *
CODAMINE 0 Plant *
CODEINE 14 Fruit 400.0 1320.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
Mycobactericide 3 *
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 *
Myocontractant 2 *
Myorelaxant 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Narcotic 4 Merck 11th Edition
Natriuretic 1 *
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 *
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 *
NO-Genic 1 *
Occulotensive 1 *