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Opium trade and use during the Late Bronze Age: Organic residue analysis of ceramic vessels from the burials of Tel Yehud, Israel

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Organic residue analysis was conducted on various vessels from burials at Tel Yehud, Israel. The analyses led to new reliable evidence for the presence of opioid alkaloids and their decomposition products. This research revitalizes a decades‐old discussion on the presence and function of the opium trade across a cultural region of utmost ...
Vanessa Linares   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Yield and Yield Components of Winter Poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) Are Affected by Sowing Date and Sowing Rate under Pannonian Climate Conditions

open access: yesAgriculture, 2023
Poppy cultivation has a long tradition in Central Europe. Growing winter poppy instead of the commonly grown spring poppy might increase seed yield, especially in the face of changing climatic conditions.
Reinhard W. Neugschwandtner   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Picturing Seeds of Poppies [PDF]

open access: yesNuncius, 2022
Abstract The middle of the seventeenth century saw the emergence of a new kind of botanical observation: Microscopical observations of seeds. Previously, naturalists had made observations of seeds to complete their description of plants published in herbals, but for the first generation of Royal Society microscopists—Henry Power, Robert Hooke, and ...
openaire   +1 more source

The hidden habit of the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana: first demonstration of vertical plant transmission. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Beauveria bassiana strain 04/01-Tip, obtained from a larva of the opium poppy stem gall wasp Iraella luteipes (Hymenoptera; Cynipidae), endophytically colonizes opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) plants and protects them against this pest.
Enrique Quesada-Moraga   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphometrics of waterlogged archaeological seeds give new insights into the domestication and spread of Papaver somniferum L. in Western Europe.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Domesticated opium poppy Papaver somniferum L. subsp. somniferum probably originated in the Western Mediterranean from its possible wild progenitor, Papaver somniferum L. subsp. setigerum and spread to other European regions.
Ana Jesus   +6 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Drug testing: Findings of opiates in urine after ingestion of poppy seeds

open access: yesBioingeniøren, 2023
Background: It is known that poppy seeds may contain opiates naturally, i.e. morphine and codeine. Morphine and codeine, however, are also commonly used drugs.
Elena Prunés Jensen   +4 more
doaj  

Determination of seed and oil properties of some poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) varieties

open access: yesGrasas y Aceites, 2006
Physical and chemical properties of seven poppy varieties (2001 mavi hat, Ankara 94, Kocatepe 96, Kemerkaya, Karahisar 96, S¸uhut 94, Afyon Kalesi 95) were investigated.Weight of 1000 seeds, moisture, crude protein, crude ash, crude fibre, HCl-insoluble ...
M. Musa Özcan, Çigdem Atalay
doaj   +1 more source

Chemical, Nutritional and Antioxidant Characteristics of Different Food Seeds

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2020
The objective of this study was to determine the chemical composition of five different food seeds (sunflower, poppy, hemp, flax and sesame) regarding fatty acid, mineral (Fe, Cu, Zn, Na, Mg, K, Ca, Al) and protein content.
Lacrimioara Senila   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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