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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
NARCEINE 6 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE-IMIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINONE 0 Fruit not available 31.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCERINE 0 Fruit not available 20.0 not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NARCOTALINE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
NARCOTINE 6 Fruit not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE 6 Gum not available 62500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE 6 Latex Exudate 10000.0 125000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE 6 Plant not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE 6 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 60000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE 6 Seed 0.8 2300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE 6 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTOLINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTOLINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTOLINE 0 Plant not available 167.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTOLINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOPINE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOPINE 2 Latex Exudate not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOPINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 9.2 11.0 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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