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The effects of opium on the cardiovascular system: a review of side effects, uses, and potential mechanisms

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2020
Background In Iran, as in many other Asian and Middle Eastern countries, some believe that opium has beneficial effects on cardiovascular system. Dependent patients suppose that opium has positive effects on cardiovascular function and can prevent or ...
S. Nakhaee, S. Ghasemi, K. Karimzadeh, N. Zamani, Samaneh Alinejad-Mofrad, O. Mehrpour   +5 more
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The Effect of Opium Addiction on Arrhythmia Following Acute Myocardial Infarction [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2012
The effect of opium addiction on the appearance of different types of arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been assessed in few studies. This study is aimed to determine the effect of opium on post-MI arrhythmia and also to address the
Mostafa Shokoohi, Hamid Najafipour, Afsaneh Forood, Morvarid Dadras, Fatemeh Mirzaiepour   +4 more
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Comparing Blood Lead Level among Oral/inhaled Opium Addicts with a Non-addict Control Group in the Southeast of Iran [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2016
Background: Opium is widely used among addicts in the Middle East countries such as Iran. Recent reports suggest that opium sellers cheat their customers by adding lead to the opium. Contaminated opium can threaten the health of consumers. This study was
Alireza Nemati, Shima Jafari, Mahdi Afshari, Somayeh Dahmardeh, Kaveh Tabrizian   +4 more
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Counterproductive Counternarcotic Strategies? [PDF]

, 2011
We model the economic incentives surrounding opium crop production in Afghanistan. Specifically, we examine the impact of eradication policies when opium is used as a means of obtaining credit, and when the crops are produced in sharecropping ...
Andersson, Camilla
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Lead Contamination of Opium, Opium Tincture, and Methadone Oral Solution, in Iran [PDF]

Addiction and Health, 2020
Background: The present study is conducted with the aim to assess the lead contamination in opium tincture,methadone oral solution, and opium.Methods: 10 samples from each of the matters of opium tinctures, methadone oral solutions, and opium(provided by
Mitra Rahimi, Mohammad Amin Eshraghi, Shahin Shadnia   +2 more
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Epidemiology of substance and opium use among adult residents of Tehran; a comprehensive report from Tehran cohort study (TeCS)

BMC Psychiatry
The prevalence and burden of substance and opium use have increased worldwide over the past decades. In light of rapid population changes in Tehran, we aimed to evaluate the prevalence of opium and other substance use among adult residents in Tehran ...
Farzad Masoudkabir, A. Shafiee, Amirhossein Heidari, Negin Sadat Hosseini Mohammadi, Kiarash Tavakoli, Arash Jalali, Sepehr Nayebirad, F. Alaeddini, Soheil Saadat, A. Vasheghani-Farahani, Saeed Sadeghian, V. A. Arita, M. Boroumand, A. Karimi   +13 more
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Direct dating reveals the early history of opium poppy in western Europe

Scientific Reports, 2020
This paper aims to define the first chrono-cultural framework on the domestication and early diffusion of the opium poppy using small-sized botanical remains from archaeological sites, opening the way to directly date minute short-lived botanical samples.
Aurélie Salavert, A. Zazzo, Lucie Martin, F. Antolín, C. Gauthier, F. Thil, O. Tombret, L. Bouby, C. Manen, M. Mineo, A. Mueller-Bieniek, R. Piqué, M. Rottoli, N. Rovira, F. Toulemonde, I. Vostrovská   +15 more
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Concentrations of the Opium Alkaloids Morphine, Codeine, and Thebaine in Poppy Seeds are Reduced after Thermal and Washing Treatments but are not Affected when Incorporated in a Model Baked Product.

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2020
Limited information exists on the effectiveness of potential treatments to reduce levels of opium alkaloids that may be present in seeds from poppy (Papaver somniferum L.).
Shalaka A. Shetge, M. Dzakovich, J. Cooperstone, Daria Kleinmeier, Benjamin W. Redan   +4 more
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Direct Ambient Mass Spectrometry for Food, Beverage, and Agricultural Sample Analysis and Research

Mass Spectrometry Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ambient and direct mass spectrometry (MS) methods are becoming increasingly used for the rapid analysis of food, beverage and agricultural samples. Novel ionization approaches combined with targeted, or untargeted workflows provide analytical outcomes within a greatly reduced time period compared to traditional separation science coupled with ...
Leigh M. Schmidtke, Liang Jiang, Morphy Dumlao, William A. Donald   +3 more
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Overexpression of Adiponectin Receptors in Opium Users with and without Cancer

Clinical Pharmacology: Advances and Applications, 2020
Negar Firouzabadi,1– 3 Maral Haghnegahdar,1 Bahman Khalvati,4 Ali Dehshahri,5 Ehsan Bahramali6 1Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Pharmaceutical Sciences Research ...
Firouzabadi N, Haghnegahdar M, Khalvati B, Dehshahri A, Bahramali E   +4 more
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