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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
SANGUINARINE 48 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SEDOHEPTULOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SERINE 1 Seed 9870.0 10588.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 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.
SODIUM 1 Seed 155.0 300.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
SOMNIFERINE 2 Inflorescence not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed not available 59.0 -1.17 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 5890.0 8036.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEPHOLIDINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEPHOLIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed 50.0 55.0 -0.46 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCCINATE-DEHYDROGENASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 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.
SULFURIC-ACID 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.
TARTARIC-ACID 6 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.
TETRAHYDROCOLUMBAMINE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROPALMATINE 9 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
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 *