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
NARCEINE	6	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE-IMIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINONE	0	Fruit	not available	31.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCERINE	0	Fruit	not available	20.0	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
NARCOTALINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
NARCOTINE	6	Fruit	not available	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE	6	Gum	not available	62500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE	6	Latex Exudate	10000.0	125000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE	6	Plant	not available	14.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE	6	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	60000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE	6	Seed	0.8	2300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTINE	6	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTOLINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTOLINE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTOLINE	0	Plant	not available	167.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCOTOLINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOPINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOPINE	2	Latex Exudate	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOPINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	9.2	11.0	-0.95	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
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead)	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidote (pesticides)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidysenteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	5	Martindale's 29th
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiendotoxic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.