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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
TYROSINE 8 Seed 6810.0 7305.0 -0.10 *
TYROSINE-DECARBOXYLASE 0 Latex Exudate *
UREASE 0 Latex Exudate ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
VALINE 3 Seed 12870.0 13806.0 0.22 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Pericarp *
VIT-A 0 Fruit 7.2 *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 4.4 4.7 -0.05 *
WATER 0 Seed 62250.0 73300.0 -0.59 *
WAX 0 Latex Exudate 60000.0 136000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
XANTHALINE 0 Fruit *
ZINC 77 Seed 24.0 130.0 2.41 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 2 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Paralytic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 6 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 2 *
Pesticide 25 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 *
Phototoxic 1 *
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Priapistic 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).