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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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 * |