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
MORPHINE	22	Leaf	28.0	8950.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Plant	900.0	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	196000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Root	200.0	3900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Seed	0.3	390.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Shoot	39.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE	22	Stem	10.0	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE	0	Fruit	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE	0	Latex Exudate	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MORPHINE-N-OXIDE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYO-INOSITOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTOLEIC-ACID	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYL-14-DEACETYLISOPORPHYROXINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
N-METHYL-14-O-DESMETHYLEPIPORPHYROXINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
NARCEINAMIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE	6	Fruit	not available	38.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE	6	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE	6	Latex Exudate	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARCEINE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotoxic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	4	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigiardial	1	Duke, 1992 *