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
LACTIC-ACID	8	Latex Exudate	10000.0	20000.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LANTHOPINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHOPINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANIDINE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANINE	1	Latex Exudate	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANOSINE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANOSINE	4	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANOSINE	4	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUDANOSINE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAUROLEIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN	20	Seed	not available	28000.0	0.02	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LEUCINE	2	Seed	14840.0	15919.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	300335.0	309465.0	1.73	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *