Glaucium flavum Grantz, population Ghom, contains 1.24% dicentrine, 0.89% bulbocapnine, and 0.05% salutaridine in dry aerial parts and root of the flowering plant. These alkaloids were detected for the first time in the Glaucium genus.
Glaucium flavum Grantz, population Isfahan, contained four major alkaloids: dicentrine (0.8%), bulbocapnine (0.42%), protopine (0.35%), and salutaridine (0.2%). G. flavum Grantz, population Kazerun, contained four major alkaloids: dicentrine (1.4%), bulbocapnine (0.5%), O-methylflavinantine (0.5%),