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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AESCULETIN | 32 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | 11780.0 | 12637.0 | 0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Latex Exudate | 50000.0 | 250000.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ALLOCRYPTOPINE | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Seed | 1400.0 | 5564.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-NARCOTINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| APOMORPHINE | 17 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| APOREINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 1720.0 | 1920.0 | -0.47 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ARACHIDIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | 19950.0 | 21401.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Fruit | not available | 1120.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 65450.0 | 75060.0 | 0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 22020.0 | 23622.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BERBERINE | 130 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Prooxidant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protisticide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pyrogenic | 1 | Dasgupta, S., Ray, A. B., Bhattacharya, S. K., Bose, R. 1979. Constituents of Pachygone ovata and Pharmacological Action of its Major Leaf Alkaloid. J Nat Prod, 42(4): 399-406. |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respiradepressant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Respirasedative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respirastimulant | 4 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Reverse-Transcriptase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RNA-Depressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Sedative | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sequestrant | 2 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Serotoninergic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 2 | Martindale's 29th |