Plant Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	13	Martindale's 29th
Vasomotor-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriofuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *