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Biosynthesis of morphine: Its importance in Parkinson´s disease

Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, 2008
We sketch present knowledge on the morphine biosynthetic pathway in Papaver somniferum L and in animals. Two main neurophysiological functions of morphine in man are discussed.
José Perea Sasiaín
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Implications of high PsSAD expression and oleic acid content in defining the Sujata phenotype of Papaver somniferum

Current Plant Biology
Papaver somniferum L. produces therapeutically-useful alkaloids like morphine, codeine, papaverine, and thebaine that accumulate in the latex of its capsule. Apart from its alkaloids, the edible seeds of the plant have high nutritional value and culinary
Mridula Singh, Shiv S. Pandey, Sucheta Singh, Prasant K. Rout, Abdul Samad, Chandan S. Chanotiya, Alok Kalra, Ashutosh K. Shukla   +7 more
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Secondary metabolites and their exploitation in medicine [PDF]

, 2009
Many of the medicinal products available today are derived from secondary metabolites. Plants remain the main source of such therapeutic agents but other sources are being explored and exploited.
Baldacchino, Alexandra, Grech, Alfred, Tufignio, Marcel   +2 more
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Variability of alkaloid content in Papaver somniferum L.

Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 2012
A total of 300 accessions of opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L., Papaveraceae) of the IPK genebank collection from nearly all over the world were cultivated under field conditions in Gatersleben for morphological and phytochemical characterisation ...
A. Dittbrenner, H.-P. Mock, A. Börner, U. Lohwasser   +3 more
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Medicinal plants: past, present and future [PDF]

, 2007
Las plantas con propiedades beneficiosas para la salud humana vienen acompañando al hombre desde sus orígenes. En esta actualización sobre el tema se presenta un resumen de la historia del conocimiento de las plantas medicinales desde la Prehistoria ...
Barquero, Andrea Alejandra
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Investigation of γ-irradiation effects on physicochemical characteristics, fatty acid and sterol profiles of three different poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) seed varieties

Grasas y Aceites
In this study, the impacts of γ-irradiation processing on the proximate composition, color parameters (L*, a*, b*), fatty acid and sterol compositions of poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) seeds were determined.
D. Apaydin
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Origins of Plant Derived Medicines [PDF]

, 2008
This review article describes the origins of plant derived medicines that have been developed as a result of traditional knowledge being handed down from one generation to the next.
De Britto, A. John, Maridass, Muthia
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The production of isoquinoline alkaloids by plant sell cultures [PDF]

, 1985
Philipson, John D., Rüffer, Martina
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Módosított életformájú és alkaloidspektrumú mák (Papaver somniferum L.) kemotípusok előállítása = Development of poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) chemotypes of modified life cycle and alkaloidspectrum [PDF]

, 2010
Célunk az egyik legfontosabb gyógy- és élelmiszernövényünk, a mák áttelelő genotípusainak tudományosan eddig nem ismert kémiai-genetikai-élettani tulajdonságainak feltárása volt.
Bernáth, Jenő, Zámboriné dr. Németh, Éva   +1 more
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Yrtit, mausteet ja rohdokset Suomessa : Luettelo julkaisuista [PDF]

, 1999
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Galambosi, Bertalan, Piekkari, Sirpa
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