Argemone seeds yield approximately 35% oil. Nitric acid test and paper chromatography test are used in the detection of argemone oil. This argemone resin contains berberine and protopine. Alkaloid content in argemone oil varies from 0.44% to 0.50%. As a result, mustard can be adulterated by argemone seeds, rendering it poisonous. An "Argemone mexicana" tea is used by traditional healers in Mali to treat malaria. "Argemone pinnatisecta" only occurs in Otero County, New Mexico. Surrounding areas grow "Argemone mexicana" and "Ipomoea carnea". Papaver argemone is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae.