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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Leaf not available 1000.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSAN-1,8-DIOL 0 Fruit not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORMORPHINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORNARCEINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
NORSANGUINARINE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOSCAPINE 2 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOSCAPINE 2 Latex Exudate 40000.0 60000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NOSCAPINE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOSCAPINE 2 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
O-METHYLSOMNIFERINE 0 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 56230.0 71872.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OPIONIN 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.
OPIUM 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTALINE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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