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Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2018 Opium poppy is an important medicinal plant because of its very valuable pharmaceutical alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine, etc. The research was carried out with the aim to examining the relationships between capsule yield, some other ...
Nimet Kara, Hasan Baydar
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Counterproductive counternarcotic strategies? A study of the effects of opium eradication in the presence of imperfect capital markets and sharecropping arrangements [PDF]
In this paper, we model the economic incentives surrounding opium crop production at farm level 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
Andersson, Camilla
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Experimental Investigation and Characterization of Biodiesel From Aregmone ocheroleuca
Energy Science &Engineering, Volume 13, Issue 8, Page 3979-3997, August 2025.The experimental investigation and characterization of biodiesel derived from Aregmone ochroleuca, a plant known for its oil‐rich seeds. The production of biodiesel from argemone oil, methanol, and potassium hydroxide catalysis through transesterification methods, and then characterized their properties, like the Effect of Reaction Temperature on ...
Eyob Hailemichael Yimer +2 more
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Trying to Be All Things to All People: Alternative Development in Afghanistan
Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2020 Alternative development has had little success in Afghanistan. Understood and implemented as geographically bounded interventions designed to reduce drug crop cultivation, these projects failed to achieve their objectives throughout the 1990s. Since 2001,
David Mansfield
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Acetylation‐Deacetylation‐Driven Natural Product Biosynthesis
ChemistryEurope, Volume 3, Issue 4, July 14, 2025.This review summarizes the role of acetylation‐deacetylation in natural product biosynthesis, including acetylation followed by deacetylation after several biosynthetic steps, acetylation‐mediated rearrangement, acetylation‐triggered elimination, and the acetylation cycle as a regulatory mechanism. These processes are vital for the formation of complex
Huibin Wang, Ikuro Abe
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Literary investigation on the origin of poppy and other narcotics Research Articles
Journal of Pharmacopuncture, 2009 Objectives : This study was performed to developing orally administered analgesics and locally injected pharmacopuncture analgesics like opioids. Methods : Literary investigation on the origin of poppy (Papaver somniferum L) and other narcotics was ...
Lim Chung San +5 more
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History, Cultivation, and Adaptation of Papaver Species Globally
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and TechnologyTürkiye has 27% of the World’s Papaver species in its flora, and 15 of them are endemic. Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is the most cultivated and economically significant species of the Papaver genus.
Yasin Özgen, Demet Burucu
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Pharmaceuticals, 2012 The in vitro shoot culture of a T-DNA insertional mutant of Papaver somniferum L. established by the infection of Agrobacterium rhizogenes MAFF03-01724 accumulated thebaine instead of morphine as a major opium alkaloid.
Kayo Yoshimatsu +3 more
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Role of the phloem in the biochemistry and ecophysiology of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid metabolism
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2013 Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) are a diverse group of biologically active specialized metabolites produced mainly in four plant families. BIA metabolism is likely of monophyletic origin and involves multiple enzymes yielding structurally diverse ...
Eun-Jeong eLee +2 more
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Chasing the dragon – an overview of heroin trafficking [PDF]
, 2016 There are many problems encountered during the attempt to tackle the heroin trade on a global level. Afghanistan is largely responsible for the production of heroin, providing a global distribution amount of 75%.
Carvetta, CA, O'Hagan, A
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