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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
TETRAHYDROPAPAVERINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Fruit	not available	7800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Gum	not available	22500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Hypocotyl	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Latex Exudate	1000.0	25000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	17300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Seed	10.0	410.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAINE	7	Tissue Culture	20.0	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAOL	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THEBAOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	7.8	9.9	0.79	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	9050.0	9708.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
TOCOPHEROLS	0	Seed	not available	200.0	-0.57	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	2550.0	2735.0	-0.20	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
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.