Note: Use as food
See also poppy seed and poppy milk
Polish makowiec cake. The dark filling
is made mainly from poppy seeds. The
seeds of the poppy are widely used in
and on many food items such as bagels,
bialys, muffins and cakes. The seeds can
be pressed to form poppyseed oil, which
can be used in cooking, or as a carrier
for oil-based paints. The primary flavor
compound is 2-pentylfuran.
Poppy Seed
Oil
Poppy
seeds contain up
to 50% of edible
oil, which is
extracted by
either cold or
hot expression.
It has Iodine
value of 132 to
142 and
Saponification
value of 188 to
196. In India,
the oil is
generally
extracted by
cold pressing
the seed in
small presses in
homes or small
establishments
(oil yield about
20%). Raw
cold-pressed oil
is pale to
golden yellow in
color.
The cake or the
meal left after
extraction of
the oil from the
seeds, is sweet
and nutritious
and eaten by the
poor people. In
a way it is poor
man`s protein.
It is readily
consumed by
cattle and
sheep, and may
be fed alone or
preferably fed
with other
feeds. However,
excessive
feeding of the
cake (over 1
kg/day) to dairy
cattle may
result in
decrease of the
content of milk
and in soft fat.
Analysis of the
cake gave
following
values:
Moisture:10.8%
Crude
protein:36.6%
Nitrogen free
extract:20.7%
Ether
extract:1.6%
Total ash:2.4%.
The cake may
also be used as
manure.
The seed
cake may
sometimes
prove
toxic to
cattle
owing to
the
presence
of
alkaloids
arising
from
contamination
of the
seed
with
particles
of the
capsule.
This
results
in
marked
gastroenteritis,
nervous
excitement,
lack of
appetite
and
colic
pain.
Lactation
may
cease
and
cattle
loose
weight
progressively;
a few
fatal
cases
have
been
reported.
The
capsules contain
the same
constituents as
opium but in
much smaller
quantities. The
total alkaloid
content of the
unlanced
capsules from
Indian sources
was found to be
0.4 to 0.6% and
that of the
lanced capsules
0.15 to 0.22%.
The
concentration of
morphine in the
capsules shows
large
variations. The
capsules account
for about 70% of
the total
morphine of the
plant. The
morphine in the
capsules
decreases
rapidly on
storage.
Poppy straw has
been tried for
the manufacture
of hand made
boards. It was
also tried for
making Kraft
paper and
pulping gave
good pulp with
good strength
properties.
Young poppy
plant is
sometimes eaten
like lettuce. It
is grown as a
potherb in Iran
and also fed to
cattle.
The poppy seeds
are utilized as
food and as a
source of fatty
oil. They are
considered
nutritive and
are used in
breads, curries,
sweets and
confectionery.
Seeds have a
number of
medicinal
virtues.
Poppy seed oil
is edible
without
refining; it
does not develop
rancidity
easily. Hot
pressed oil is
largely used in
soap making. It
may be rendered
edible by
refining. The
oil yield from
black and white
seed is about
the same, but
the former is
more commonly
used for
expression of
the oil because
of its easier
cultivation.
However, white
seeds reported
to yield the
finest oil.
Seeds from the
capsules, which
have not been
scarified for
opium, give a
higher yield of
oil than from
those scarified.
Poppy seed oil
is widely used
for culinary
purposes. It is
free from
narcotic
properties and
is used mixed
with olive oil
or as salad oil.
On
hydrogenation,
it yields a
product similar
to hydrogenated
groundnut oil,
which may also
be useful for
industrial
purposes.
It is a
non-yellowing
drying oil
forming a hard
and lustrous
film. The oil is
rendered
colorless by
exposure to the
sun. It dries
much slower and
more uniformly
than linseed
oil. Poppy Red
FlowerTherefore
it is utilized
frequently in
paint industry
and for
manufacture of
artists` paint.
For this
purpose,
sun-bleached oil
from the first
cold pressing is
preferred. The
oil is also
utilized for
lubrication
purposes. It
also has a lot
of medicinal
virtues.
The red poppy
flowers are used
in medicine for
making syrup.
The red and
lilac flowers
contain a
coloring matter
are suitable for
use as an
indicator.
Thus poppy plant
is not merely a
source of
narcotic, as it
is usually
known. It is a
source of spice
for which its
seeds are used.
Its seed oil is
an edible oil
and useful for
manufacture of
paints and
varnishes. The
plant itself can
be used for
manufacture of
paper and pulp.
It can
effectively be
used for
manufacture of
several types of
medicines.
Poppy
seeds contain up
to 50% of edible
oil, which is
extracted by
either cold or
hot expression.
It has Iodine
value of 132 to
142 and
Saponification
value of 188 to
196. In India,
the oil is
generally
extracted by
cold pressing
the seed in
small presses in
homes or small
establishments
(oil yield about
20%). Raw
cold-pressed oil
is pale to
golden yellow in
color.
The
capsules contain
the same
constituents as
opium but in
much smaller
quantities. The
total alkaloid
content of the
unlanced
capsules from
Indian sources
was found to be
0.4 to 0.6% and
that of the
lanced capsules
0.15 to 0.22%.
The
concentration of
morphine in the
capsules shows
large
variations. The
capsules account
for about 70% of
the total
morphine of the
plant. The
morphine in the
capsules
decreases
rapidly on
storage.
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