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Thebaine Synthase: A New Enzyme in the Morphine Pathway in
Natural Product Communications, 2007 Along the poppy morphine biosynthetic pathway, the transition from salutaridinol-7-O-acetate to thebaine had previously been claimed to proceed non-enzymatically between pH 8–9. At pH 6–7, the acetate was transformed to an azonine derivative.
Ursula Fisinger +2 more
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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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Study of karyological characteristics in several accessions of Papaver bracteatum Lindl. [PDF]
مجله بیوتکنولوژی کشاورزی, 2012 Iranian poppy (Papaver bracteatum Lindl.) is one of the most important medicinal plants which its main alkaloid is thebaine. In this study karyological characteristics of five accessions of Papaver bracteatum Lindl were investigated using Aceto-Iron ...
Reza Farjami Nezhad +3 more
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Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.In the realm of cardiovascular diseases, myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury (MIRI) is known as one of the main life‐threatening conditions with significant morbidity and mortality. Although some therapeutic approaches, like pharmacological treatments and ischemic preconditioning, have been suggested for MIRI, offering a functional approach with ...
Mehdi Dehghani Firoozabadi +3 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 Secondary metabolite biosynthesis in medicinal plants is multi-step cascade known to be modulated by associated endophytes. While a single endophyte is not able to upregulate all biosynthetic steps, limiting maximum yield achievement.
Tania Ray +5 more
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A Systematic Review on Main Chemical Constituents of Papaver bracteatum
Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2015 Papaver bracteatum Lindly (Papaveraceae) is an endemic species of Iran which has economic importance in drug industries. The main alkaloid of the plant is thebaine which is used as a precursor of the semi-synthetic and synthetic compounds including ...
M Soleymankhani +5 more
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Total biosynthesis of opiates by stepwise fermentation using engineered Escherichia coli
Nature Communications, 2016 Opiates—the gold standard for pain relief—are currently produced by extraction from opium poppies. Here the authors show that bacteria can serve as an efficient and flexible platform for the production of opiates by demonstrating the total synthesis of ...
Akira Nakagawa +9 more
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Yeast, Volume 42, Issue 12, Page 303-310, December 2025.ABSTRACT Yeasts have been intimately connected with human civilization for millennia, originally used for fermentation in food and beverage production. This article explores the multifaceted roles of yeasts—particularly Saccharomyces cerevisiae—as both a model organism and a cell factory.
Jens Nielsen
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Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2016 Background: Using of elicitors and different compounds in cell suspension culture is an effective strategy for enhancement and improvement of important secondary metabolites production in in vitro conditions.
R Farjaminezhad +3 more
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In Vitro Polyploidy Induction in Persian Poppy (Papaver bracteatum Lindl.)
Caryologia, 2020 Papaver bracteatum Lindl. grows as a wild perennial medicinal plant in Northern Iran and is known mainly for its high amounts of the pharmaceutically valuable alkaloid of thebaine. In vitro production of tetraploid P.
Saeed Tarkesh Esfahani +2 more
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