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The Drug Problem and Organized Crime, Illicit Financial Flows, Corruption and Terrorism [PDF]
, 2017 An estimated quarter of a billion people, or around 5 per cent of the global adult population, used drugs at least once in 2015. Even more worrisome is the fact that about 29.5 million of those drug users, or 0.6 per cent of the global adult population ...
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Seasons of Self-Delusion: Opium, Capitalism and the Financial Markets (2012 Deutscher Memorial Lecture) [PDF]
, 2013 To grasp current trends within capitalism without abandoning the framework of Marx’sCapitalwe need to return to the category of ‘fictitious capital’ and make it central to our explanations.
Banaji, Jairus
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Chemosensors, 2023 Intoxication due to the consumption of poppy seed teas has been reported due to their contamination with opium alkaloids (OAs). In this work, an efficient methodology based on microsolid-phase extraction (µSPEed®) followed by gas chromatography–mass ...
Gema Casado-Hidalgo +4 more
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Narco Violence in Mexico: A Spatial Analysis of Drug-Related Bloodshed [PDF]
, 2012 Latin American ...
Medel, Mónica
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Toxins, 2023 An analysis methodology was optimised and validated for the quantification of opium alkaloids (OAs) in ground poppy seeds. This involved ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) and solid-phase extraction (SPE) purification before analysis using a high ...
Gema Casado-Hidalgo +3 more
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Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2016 The study was carried out in the years 2013 and 2014 at the Łagiewniki farm to determine the effect of some herbicides on the yield and development of two opium poppy cultivars: ‘Lazur’ - with high morphine content, and ‘Borowski Biały’ - with low ...
Wójtowicz Marek +2 more
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European record of Subramaniula thielavioides on opium poppy
Acta Mycologica, 2013 In the course of a study of fungal biodiversity of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) plants collected in production area of Slovakia, an ascomycete belonging to the genus Subramaniula was isolated.
Martin Pastirčák +1 more
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Update on Opium Alkaloids in Food: Exploring Their Occurrence, Effect of Culinary Processing and Advances in Analytical Methodologies. [PDF]
Compr Rev Food Sci Food SafABSTRACT Following the implementation of the new European legislation on opium alkaloids (OAs) in food in 2023, scientific research has focused on developing analytical methodologies to determine the presence of these compounds in different foods. However, health authorities continue to suggest further studies to evaluate the occurrence of main OAs and
Casado-Hidalgo G +2 more
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Insights into opium poppy (Papaver spp.) genetic diversity from genotyping-by-sequencing analysis
bioRxiv, 2021 Opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum ) is one of the world’s oldest medicinal plants and a versatile model system to study secondary metabolism. However, our knowledge of its genetic diversity is limited, restricting utilization of the available germplasm ...
U. V. Hong +5 more
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Survey and monitoring of opium poppy and wheat in Afghanistan: 2003-2009 [PDF]
, 2010 An integrated application of remote-sensing technology was devised and applied in Afghanistan during 2003–2009 providing critical information on cereal and poppy cultivation and poppy eradication.
Brewer, Tim R. +4 more
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