POPPY
POPPY
Poppy
, alexanderbain; al. Klatsch - Mohn;
English
.
Corn
poppy
.
Aerial parts.
This annual plant with leaves and hairs cut very dimeric whose flowers have
red
petals of
scarlet
, they have
a
black mark on the base. The species,
common
in
central
and southern Europe, grows abundantly along the roads in places uneducated.
Chemical composition.
The
red
color of the petals is due to the presence of anthocyanins (soforosil - 3 cianidol) The alkaloids present in the plant - derived from tetrahydro - 3 -
H
- benzoazepina - are also found in the petals: roeadina, the main component, is accompanied by at least three other alkaloids. The total alkaloid content is close to 0. 07%.
Pharmacological data.
It is not known very well the pharmacology of roeadina and their counterparts. Of the
poppy
has
not been studied,
but
consumption of some preparations produces effects similar to those caused by benzodiazepines. On the other hand, are known to the
phenyl
- 1 tetrahydro - 3 -
H
- 3 - benzoacepinas and their counterparts are neuroleptics and antagonists at the level of dopamine receptors.
Employment.
In addition to being part of "pectoral species", the
poppy
is regarded as
a
sedative and antitusiva, being advised in
disorders
of sleep and
children
in the exaltation of palpitations. The LD50 of roeadina is 530 mg / kg (rat, ip) The drug spray administered to rats by mouth, does not disclose clinical trials of acute and subacute. In Spain authorizing the use of this plant for the treatment of
insomnia
, anxiety, emotion.
Benign
cough.
Precautions.
Because of anthocyanins may appear stool
red
. Warn the patient.
The drug.
The petals are ovoid, with the edges and fine whole. Once dried, are colored
red
wine.
Bibliography.
F
.
C
. CZIGAN.
Klatschmohnblüten. In:
Teedrogen - Ein Handbuch fur die praxis auf Grundlage Wissenschaftlicher, M. Wicht, ed. 2nd ed. Stuttgart, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellshaft mbH,
P
. 276 - 277, 1988.
a
)
H
. RÖNSCH.
Rhoeadine alkaloids. In:
The alkaloids, chemistry and pharmacology,
A
. BROSSI, ed. Orlando, Academic Press, vol. 28,
p
. 1 - 94, 1986.
b) Y. N. KALAV G. et SARIYAR.
Alkaloids from turkish Papaver rhoeas.
Planta Med
. 55, 488, 1989.
D
. GUEDON,
P
. S. ABBE et
C
. Bouti.
Identification dosage et du groupe des alkaloids from the rhoeadine pair HPLC - UV in Papaver rhoeas L.
Communication par affiche, VIème
International
Symposium dedicated aux medicinal plants and aux Substances Naturelles, 3 - 4 juin 1988, Angers (France)
J. Louette.
Elles ont plants invented them azepin avant nous?
Medisearch, No. 17, 37 - 41, 1987.
C
. KAISER,
F
.
E
. ALI, W.
E
. BONDINELL, M. BRENNER,
K
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T
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H
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T
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C
.
F
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C
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A
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H
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P
.
E
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6 - phenylthio) substituted 2, 3, 4, 5 - tetrahydro - 1,
H
- 3 - benzazepines,
a
novel class of dopamine receptor antagonists and neuroleptics. J. Med. Chem. 23, 975 - 976, 1980.
coquelicot, toxicologique dossier. Travaux des Laboratoires
Arkopharma
.
Diseases
whose treatment is appropriate in this plant.
Insomnia
.
Bronchitis
.
Tracheitis
.
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