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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Papaver somniferum
SUBMITTER: Ashutosh Shukla
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-37983 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Chaturvedi Nidarshana N Singh Mridula M Shukla Ashutosh K AK Shasany Ajit K AK Shanker Karuna K Lal Raj K RK Khanuja Suman P S SP
Protoplasma 20131205 4
Papaver somniferum produces therapeutically useful benzylisoquinoline alkaloids (BIAs) like papaverine, thebaine, codeine, and morphine that accumulate in its capsular latex. Morphine is a potent analgesic but is also abused as a narcotic, which has increased the demand for non-narcotic thebaine that can be converted into various analgesics. To curtail the narcotic menace, many distinct genotypes of the plant have been developed that are deficient in morphine and/or latex. Sujata is one such lat ...[more]