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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
LIPASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LYSINE 4 Seed 10990.0 11789.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 3148.0 15600.0 5.00 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNOFLORINE 11 Latex Exudate not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MALATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 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.
MALTASE 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.
MANGANESE 14 Seed 29.0 68.0 0.18 Duke, 1992 *
MECONIC-ACID 0 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MECONIC-ACID 0 Latex Exudate not available 100000.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MECONIDINE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MECONIN 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.
MECONINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MECONISIN 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.
METHIONINE 15 Seed 4700.0 5042.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Fruit 150.0 11200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Gum not available 115000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Hypocotyl not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE 22 Latex Exudate 30000.0 250000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soporific 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spasmogenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Spinodepressant 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 4 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 2 Martindale's 28th
Sympatholytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sympathomimetic 1 Martindale's 29th
Teratogenic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Tetanic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Kobayashi, Y, Yamashita, Y., Fujii, N., Takaboshi, K., Kawakami, T., Kawamura, M., Mizukami, T., Nakano, H. 1995. Inhibitors of DNA Topoisomerase I and II Isolated From the Coptis Rhizomes. Planta Medica, 61: 414-418.