The origins and spread of the opium poppy (<i>Papaver somniferum</i> L.) revealed by genomics and seed morphometrics. [PDF]
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol SciThe opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is one of the most important plants in human history. It is the main source of opiates used as analgesic medicines or psychotropic drugs, the latter related to addiction problems, illegal trafficking and ...
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Opium Poppy Mosaic Virus Has an Xrn-Resistant, Translated Subgenomic RNA and a BTE 3' CITE. [PDF]
J Virol, 2021 Opium poppy mosaic virus (OPMV) is an umbravirus in the family Tombusviridae. We determined that OPMV accumulates two similarly sized subgenomic RNAs (sgRNAs), with the smaller known to code for proteins expressed from overlapping open reading frames ...
Ilyas M, Du Z, Simon AE.
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Alkaloid Accumulation and Distribution within the Capsules of Two Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) Varieties [PDF]
Plants (Basel)The goal of this study was to clarify the role of capsule size and morphology in the alkaloid yield of poppy. In 2023, two industrial varieties from large-scale cultivation were investigated.
Péter Májer, Éva Zámboriné Németh
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Benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in opium poppy [PDF]
Planta, 2014 Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) is one of the world's oldest medicinal plants and remains the only commercial source for the narcotic analgesics morphine, codeine and semi-synthetic derivatives such as oxycodone and naltrexone. The plant also produces several other benzylisoquinoline alkaloids with potent pharmacological properties including the ...
Peter J Facchini
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FoodsOpium poppy is a plant used in both the pharmaceutical and food industries. Substances found on the surface of dry poppy seeds belong to the group of opium alkaloids.
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Alkaloid diversity in relation to breeding for specifi c alkaloids in opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) [PDF]
Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2010 Papaver somniferum is a chief source of diverse physiologically active alkaloids, required by the pharmaceutical industry. The present study describes the diversity of the alkaloid spectrum of 122 opium poppy accessions of Indian origin by means of a ...
Sudhir Shukla +4 more
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Effect of physio-chemical seed treatments on opium poppy downy mildews caused by Peronospora meconopsidis and P. somniferi. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Downy mildew of opium poppy is the single biggest disease constraint afflicting the Australian poppy industry. Within the pathosystem, the transmission of infections via infested seed is of major concern. Both downy mildew pathogens of poppy; Peronospora
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Network-based identification of hub transcription factors associated with benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in Papaver somniferum [PDF]
Biochemistry and Biophysics ReportsPapaver somniferum L. (Opium poppy) is one of the world's most economically valuable medicinal plants, and it is the industrial source of essential compounds such as painkillers and other pharmecutical drugs.
Mahsa Eshaghi, Sajad Rashidi-Monfared
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Opium Poppy Detection Using Deep Learning [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2018 Opium poppies are a major source of traditional drugs, which are not only harmful to physical and mental health, but also threaten the economy and society.
Xiangyu Liu +4 more
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Opium Poppy Agriculture and Consumption
The Arbutus Review, 2020 As a crop, the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, has been part of multiple human cultures since at least 5000 BCE. Its role as both food and medicine has made this plant an important traditional agricultural product. However, today research on such functions has been largely eclipsed by the narcotic use of opium and its derivatives and the economies ...
Joloni Ginny Anne Makovnyka
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