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Botanical Name |
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Argemone mexicana L. |
English
Name |
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Mexican Poppy |
Synonym(s) |
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Argemone ochroleuca (Sweet.) |
Family |
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Papaveraceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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It is a prickly, glabrous, branching herb with yellow juice and showy yellow flowers. The height of this plant varies between 0.3 to 0.12 meters, Leaves are thistle like. Stem clasping, Oblong, sinuately pinnatifid, spinous and viens are white. Flowers are terminal, yellow and of 2.5-5.0 cm diameter. Fruits are capsule. Prickly and oblong ovoid. Seeds numerous, globose, netted and brownish black. |
| Herb Effects |
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Alterative, analgesic, antispasmodic, antitussive, demulcent, emetic, expectorant, hallucinogenic, purgative, sedative, stimulates cardiovascular system and respiration (root, stem and leaf extract); antiviral (plant). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Protopine and berberine (root, stem and leaf), ceryl alcohol and beta-sitosterol (leaf and stem), iso-rhamnetin and its glucosides (flower); codeine, morphine, protopine, tannin (plant); chelerythrine (root); linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, sanguinarine (seed) |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Protopine |
130-86-9 |
Not Available |
C20H19NO5 |
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| Berberine |
633-65-8 |
Not Available |
C20H18NO4+ |
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| Ceryl alcohol |
506-52-5 |
hexacosan-1-ol |
C26H54O |
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| Beta-Sitosterol |
5779-62-4 |
17-(5-ethyl-6-methyl
-heptan-2-yl)-10,13-
dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9
,11,12,14,
15,16,17
-dodecahydro-1H-cycl
openta[a]phenanthren
-3-ol |
C29H50O |
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| Isorhamnetin |
480-19-3 |
3,4,5-trihydroxy-2-(
4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-
phenyl)-chromen-7-on
e |
C16H12O7 |
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| Codeine |
6059-47-8 |
Not Available |
C18H23NO4 |
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| Morphine |
23552-18-3 |
N,N-diethyl-N'-(2-me
thoxyacridin-9-yl)pe
ntane-1,4-diamine |
C23H31N3O |
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| Chelerythrine |
34316-15-9 |
Not Available |
C21H18NO4+ |
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| Linoleic acid |
8024-22-4 |
Octadeca-9,12-dienoi
c acid |
C18H32O2 |
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| Oleic acid |
8046-01-3 |
octadec-9-enoic acid |
C18H34O2 |
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| Palmitic acid |
66321-94-6 |
hexadecanoic acid |
C16H32O2 |
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| Sanguinarine |
5578-73-4 |
Not Available |
C20H14NO4+ |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Used in the treatment of warts, cold sores, cutaneous affections, skin diseases, itches, dropsy, jaundice (latex); snakebite antidote (seed); eye diseases. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Uniyal et al., Medicinal Flora of Garhwal Himalayas.
Johnson T. CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference (www.herbweb.com/herbage).
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