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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
GNOSCOPINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GNOSCOPINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 5280.0 5664.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCOTARNINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROCOTARNINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYCODEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
INVERTASE 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.
IODINE 12 Seed not available 0.0 -0.28 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON 6 Seed 91.0 143.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBOLDINE 5 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBOLDINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRATE-LYASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCORYPALMINE 0 Plant 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.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 9050.0 9708.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUINOLINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 5330.0 5718.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
L-DOPA-DECARBOXYLASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LACTATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Latex Exudate 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 *