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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LACTIC-ACID | 8 | Latex Exudate | 10000.0 | 20000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LANTHOPINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LANTHOPINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUDANIDINE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUDANIDINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUDANINE | 1 | Latex Exudate | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUDANINE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUDANOSINE | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUDANOSINE | 4 | Gum | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUDANOSINE | 4 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUDANOSINE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAUROLEIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LECITHIN | 20 | Seed | not available | 28000.0 | 0.02 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 14840.0 | 15919.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIGNOCERIC-ACID | 1 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 300335.0 | 309465.0 | 1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENOLEIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | 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 * |