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Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum)

  • Baser K
  • Arslan N
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9276-9_17
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Abstract

Opium poppy which is an indispensible source of opium (dried exudate of fresh fruits of opium poppy after lancing) and poppy seeds is a cultivated species of Papaver somniferum. Due to narcotic properties of morphine, the major alkaloid in opium, Opium poppy...

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Baser, K. H. C., & Arslan, N. (2014). Opium Poppy (Papaver somniferum) (pp. 305–332). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9276-9_17

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