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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-LAUDANIDINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-RETICULINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-RETICULINE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-ALPHA-NARCOTINE | 0 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-NARCOTOLINE | 0 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-SCOULERINE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-SCOULERINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 10-HYDROXYCODEINE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 10-NONACOSANOL | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 13-OXOCRYPTOPINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 16-HYDROXYTHEBAINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 20-HYDROXY-TRICOSANYLCYCLOHEXANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 36.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 0 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-METHYL-NONACOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 3.2 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5'-O-DEMETHYLNARCOTINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-HYDROXY-3,7-DIMETHOXYPHENANTHRENE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-ACTEONLYDIHYDROSANGUINARINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-METHYL-CODEINE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-METHYL-CODEINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ACONITASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Toxic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Tranquilizer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Trypanocide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Tumorigenic | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uricosuric | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterocontractant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 2 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotonic | 3 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| UV-Screen | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Vagostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |