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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae)

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
TYROSINE 8 Seed 6810.0 7305.0 -0.10 *
TYROSINE-DECARBOXYLASE 0 Latex Exudate *
UREASE 0 Latex Exudate ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
VALINE 3 Seed 12870.0 13806.0 0.22 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Pericarp *
VIT-A 0 Fruit 7.2 *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 4.4 4.7 -0.05 *
WATER 0 Seed 62250.0 73300.0 -0.59 *
WAX 0 Latex Exudate 60000.0 136000.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
XANTHALINE 0 Fruit *
ZINC 77 Seed 24.0 130.0 2.41 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antienteritic 1 *
Antienterotic 1 *
Antienterotoxic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antiescherichic 2 *
Antiesherichic 1 *
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrillary 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 *
Antifibrotic 2 *
Antiflu 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 *
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 *
Antigiardial 1 *