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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAPAVERALDINE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERALDINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAPAVERAMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAPAVERINE | 26 | Fruit | 20.0 | 820.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERINE | 26 | Gum | not available | 7500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERINE | 26 | Latex Exudate | 5000.0 | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERINE | 26 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERINE | 26 | Resin, Exudate, Sap | not available | 4000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERINE | 26 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERINE | 26 | Seed | 0.2 | 670.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERINE | 26 | Tissue Culture | not available | 45.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERRUBINE-C | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERRUBINE-D | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERRUBINE-D | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAPAVERUBINES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PECTIN | 24 | 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. |
| PENTACOSAN-7-ONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 28.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PENTOSANS | 0 | Seed | 30000.0 | 36000.0 | -0.89 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PEROXIDASE | 0 | Latex Exudate | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 8820.0 | 9461.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antibronchitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anticalculic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Forestomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Liver) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticerebrotic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |