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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
Antigingivitic 2 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 *
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigonorrhea 1 *
Antigranular 1 *
Antihangover 4 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihemolytic 1 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 *
Antihepatomic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antihepatotic 2 *
Antihepatotoxic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 7 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *