Developing benzylisoquinoline alkaloid-enriched opium poppy via CRISPR-directed genome editing: A review [PDF]
BMC Plant BiologyAmong plant-derived secondary metabolites are benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) that play a vital role in medicine. The most conspicuous BIAs frequently found in opium poppy are morphine, codeine, thebaine, papaverine, sanguinarine, and noscapine. BIAs
Zahra Aghaali, Mohammad Reza Naghavi
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cor1 Gene: A Suitable Marker for Identification of Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) [PDF]
FoodsThis paper discusses the development of rapid, reliable, and accurate polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays for detecting opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) in food. Endpoint, quantitative, and digital PCRs were compared based on the amplification of a
Eliška Čermáková +5 more
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Improved UAV Opium Poppy Detection Using an Updated YOLOv3 Model [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 Rapid detection of illicit opium poppy plants using UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) imagery has become an important means to prevent and combat crimes related to drug cultivation. However, current methods rely on time-consuming visual image interpretation.
Jun Zhou +5 more
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Promising approaches for simultaneous enhancement of medicinally significant benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in opium poppy [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceBenzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) produced in opium poppy have been evidenced to heal patients suffering from various diseases. They, therefore, hold an integral position in the herbal drug industry.
Zahra Aghaali +3 more
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Procedures for DNA Extraction from Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) and Poppy Seed-Containing Products [PDF]
Foods, 2020 Several commonly used extraction procedures and commercial kits were compared for extraction of DNA from opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) seeds, ground seeds, pollen grains, poppy seed filling from a bakery product, and poppy oil.
Šarlota Kaňuková +3 more
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Divergent proteomic profiles of opium poppy cultivars. [PDF]
Turk J Biol, 2023 We examined the proteomic profiles of three registered opium poppy cultivars having different alkaloid content. The study was conducted on both stem and capsule organs. A high number of DEPs were identified between the cultivars and the organs. We analyzed DEPs for their contribution in GO terms and KEGG pathways.
Aykanat S, Türktaş M.
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People, Land and Poppy: the Political Ecology of Opium and the Historical Impact of Alternative Development in Northwest Thailand [PDF]
Forest and Society, 2017 Thailand’s near-total elimination of opium poppy cultivation is attributed to “alternative development” programming, which replaces illicit crops with licit ones.
Bobby Anderson
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A morphometric approach to track opium poppy domestication [PDF]
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.
Ana Jesus +7 more
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Alkaloid binding to opium poppy major latex proteins triggers structural modification and functional aggregation [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 Opium poppy accumulates alkaloids in the specialized cytoplasm of laticifers known as latex. Here the authors show that the binding of alkaloids to the abundant major latex proteins triggers quaternary structural modification that mediates a functional ...
Natali Ozber +8 more
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OpiumPlex is a novel microsatellite system for profiling opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is a versatile plant exploited by the pharmaceutical and food industries. Unfortunately, it is also infamously known as a source of highly addictive narcotics, primarily heroin.
Jakub Vašek +6 more
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