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Comparative analysis of Papaver somniferum genotypes having contrasting latex and alkaloid profiles.
Protoplasma - 1 Jul 2014
Chaturvedi Nidarshana, Singh Mridula, Shukla Ashutosh K, Shasany Ajit K, Shanker Karuna, Lal Raj K, Khanuja Suman P S
Abstract excerpt
Papaver somniferum produces therapeutically useful benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) like papaverine, thebaine, codeine, and morphine that accumulate in its capsular latex. Morphine is a potent analgesic but is also abused as a narcotic, which has increased the demand for non-narcotic thebaine that can be converted into various analgesics. To curtail the narcotic menace, many distinct genotypes of the plant...
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