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Plant Papaver somniferum (Papaveraceae)

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
DIHYDROPROTOPINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSANGUINARINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSANGUINARINE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOPA-DECARBOXYLASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOPAMINE 20 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOPAMINE 20 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EMULSIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ERYTHRITOL 2 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
FAT 0 Seed 400000.0 550000.0 1.50 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 58080.0 71818.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 400.0 429.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
GLAUDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMATE-OXALOACETATE-TRANSAMINASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMATE-PYRUVATE-TRANSAMINASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 45410.0 48713.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 11230.0 12047.0 0.16 Duke, 1992 *
GLYOXYLATE-REDUCTASE 0 Latex Exudate not available not available not available 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
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatomic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antihepatotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *