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Papaver somniferum, commonly known as the opium poppy or breadseed poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae. It is the species of plant from which both opium and poppy seeds are derived and is also a valuable ornamental plant grown in gardens.
May 31, 2024 · opium poppy, (Papaver somniferum), flowering plant of the family Papaveraceae, native to Turkey. Opium , morphine , codeine , and heroin are all derived from the milky latex found in its unripe seed capsule.
A cultivar for opium production, Papaver somniferum L. elite, contains 91.2 percent morphine, codeine, and thebaine in its latex alkaloids, whereas in the latex of the
Mar 31, 2023 · The most significant Papaver species that contributes phytochemicals for drug development is Papaver somniferum L. (opium poppy), which is highly produced in countries such as Afghanistan, Myanmar, Mexico, Laos, Turkey, Czechia, and Spain.
6 days ago · opium, narcotic drug that is obtained from the unripe seedpods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), a plant of the family Papaveraceae. (See poppy.) Opium is obtained by slightly incising the seed capsules of the poppy after the plant’s flower petals have fallen.
May 7, 2021 · Opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum L. subsp. somniferum) was likely domesticated in the Western Mediterranean, where its putative wild ancestor is indigenous, and then spread to central and...
Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) is the source of several pharmaceutical benzylisoquinoline alkaloids including morphine, codeine, and sanguinarine. Moreover, other Papaver species also contain compounds with medicinal implications, such as alkaloid, essential oil, flavonoid, triterpenoid, steroid, and phenylpropanoid.
May 25, 2023 · Papaver somniferum is related to P. rhoeas L. (common poppy, corn poppy, field poppy, flanders poppy, and red poppy), but differs in having a glabrous and glaucous herb [vs. with setose hairs and non-glaucous]; unlobed or pinnatifid leaves and an amplexicaul base [vs. pinnatisect or pinnatipartite leaves, not an amplexicaul base]; variable in ...
Jan 4, 2021 · Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), a flowering plant with the annual herbaceous habit belonging to the Papaveraceae family, is native to Eastern Mediterranean. The plant has a very long...
Oct 15, 2021 · Nature Communications - Papaver species P. setigerum, P. rhoeas, and P. somniferum accumulates different levels of morphine and noscapine. Here, the authors report the improved genome assembly...
