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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHENYLALANINE-DECARBOXYLASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORIC-ACID | 4 | 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. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 8290.0 | 9277.0 | 1.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTATE | 0 | Seed | 21890.0 | 23290.0 | 1.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 890.0 | 955.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PORPHYROXINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 5250.0 | 8179.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 10620.0 | 11392.0 | 0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEASE | 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. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 175256.0 | 198532.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOPINE | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOPINE | 24 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PSEUDOMORPHINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PYRROLIDINE | 1 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| QUERCETIN-3-GENTIOBIOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| R-RETICULINE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| R-RETICULINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| R-RETICULINE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| R-RETICULINE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RETICULINE | 10 | Fruit | 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 |