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Examining the association between opium use, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption with the liver enzyme levels in a population-based study: Fasa Persian cohort data

BMC Research Notes, 2022
Objectives Opium use, cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption are serious health problems in many countries including Iran. The present study aimed to examine the association between the opium use, cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption with liver ...
Mostafa Bijani, A. Dehghan, S. Razavi, Shahnaz Karimi   +3 more
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Opium trade and use during the Late Bronze Age: Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the burials of Tel Yehud, Israel

Archaeometry, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares, Eriola Jakoel, Ron Be’eri, Oded Lipschits, Ronny Neumann, Yuval Gadot   +5 more
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The Iranian Study of Opium and Cancer (IROPICAN): Rationale, Design, and Initial Findings.

Archives of Iranian medicine, 2021
BACKGROUND The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recently classified opium use as a Group 1 carcinogen. However, much remains to be studied on the relation between opium and cancer.
M. Hadji, H. Rashidian, M. Marzban, M. Gholipour, A. Naghibzadeh-Tahami, E. Mohebbi, E. Ebrahimi, B. Hosseini, A. Haghdoost, A. Rezaianzadeh, A. Rahimi-Movaghar, A. Moradi, M. S. Seyyedsalehi, R. Shirkoohi, H. Poustchi, S. Eghtesad, F. Najafi, R. Safari-Faramani, Reza Alizadeh-Navaei, A. Ansari Moghadam, M. Bakhshi, A. Nejatizadeh, Masumeh Mahmudi, Soudabeh Shahid-Sales, Saideh Ahmadi-Simab, O. Nabavian, P. Boffetta, E. Pukkala, E. Weiderpass, F. Kamangar, K. Zendehdel   +30 more
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Incident cancers attributable to using opium and smoking cigarettes in the Golestan cohort studyResearch in context

EClinicalMedicine, 2023
Summary: Background: Opium consumption has recently been identified as a carcinogen, but the impact of opium use on cancer burden is unknown. We aimed to evaluate the fraction of cancers that could be attributed to opium use alone and in combination ...
Karine Alcala, Hossein Poustchi, Vivian Viallon, Farhad Islami, Akram Pourshams, Alireza Sadjadi, Saeed Nemati, Masoud Khoshnia, Abdolsamad Gharavi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Maryam Hashemian, Sanford M. Dawsey, Christian C. Abnet, Paul Brennan, Paolo Boffetta, Kazem Zendehdel, Farin Kamangar, Reza Malekzadeh, Mahdi Sheikh   +18 more
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A morphometric approach to track opium poppy domestication

Scientific Reports, 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 northern Europe.
A. Jesus, V. Bonhomme, A. Evin, S. Ivorra, R. Soteras, Aurélie Salavert, F. Antolín, L. Bouby   +7 more
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The Impact of OPIUM and Its Derivatives on Cell Apoptosis and Angiogenesis

Translational Research in Urology, 2020
Opium is an opiate substance with a significant effect on human physiology and behavior. Ancient priests used opium as a powerful healing drug and many medical texts have referred to opium as medication, especially during the nineteenth century.
Akram Mirzaei, Kazem Zendehdel, Hamideh Rashidian , Maryam Aghaii , Seyyed Mohammad Ghahestani, Hassan Roudgari   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of opium on severity of COVID-19 infection:An original study from Iran

Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran, 2021
Background: The COVID-19 infection is a novel virus without any specific targeted therapies; thus, focusing on primary epidemiologic concerns, preventive strategies, risk factors, exacerbation factors, and mortality-related factors are of great ...
T. Riahi, Afsaneh Sadeghzadeh-Bazargan, S. Shokri, D. Ahmadvand, B. Hassanlouei, A. Baghestani, Ali Khazaeian, Forough Seifi Gharabaghloo, M. Hassanzadeh, A. Goodarzi   +9 more
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The opium poppy genome and morphinan production

Science, 2018
Poppy genome reveals evolution of opiates The opium poppy has been a source of painkillers since Neolithic times. Attendant risks of addiction threaten many today. Guo et al. now deliver a draft of the opium poppy genome, which encompasses 2.72 gigabases
Li Guo, T. Winzer, Xiaofei Yang, Yi Li, Z. Ning, Zhesi He, Roxana Teodor, Ying Lu, T. Bowser, I. Graham, K. Ye   +10 more
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Cross-sensitization between poppy seed and buckwheat in a food-allergic patient with poppy seed anaphylaxis [PDF]

, 2006
The opium poppy, Papaver somniferum L., is the source of both poppy seeds and opium. The commercially available seeds are widely used as ingredients for various kinds of food.
Oppel, T., Thomas, P., Wollenberg, A.
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Opium use and the risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer, 2020
Scant evidence exists to support the association of opium use with head and neck cancer, limited to the larynx and oral cavity. In a multicenter case‐control study—Iran Opium and Cancer study, we recruited 633 cases of head and neck squamous cell ...
E. Mohebbi, M. Hadji, H. Rashidian, A. Rezaianzadeh, M. Marzban, A. Haghdoost, A. N. Tahami, A. Moradi, M. Gholipour, F. Najafi, R. Safari-Faramani, Reza Alizadeh-Navaei, A. Ansari-Moghaddam, M. Bakhshi, A. Nejatizadeh, M. Mahmoudi, S. Shahidsales, S. Ahmadi-Simab, A. A. Mianroodi, M. S. Seyyedsalehi, B. Hosseini, Vahideh Peyghambari, Mohammad Shirkhoda, R. Shirkoohi, E. Ebrahimi, S. Manifar, M. Mohagheghi, L. Rozek, P. Brennan, H. Poustchi, A. Etemadi, E. Pukkala, J. Schüz, R. Malekzadeh, E. Weiderpass, A. Rahimi-Movaghar, P. Boffetta, Farin Kamanagar, K. Zendehdel   +38 more
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