Opium poppy accumulates copious amounts of several benzylisoquinoline alkaloids
including morphine, noscapine, and papaverine, in the specialized cytoplasm of laticifers …

Opium poppy produces a diverse array of pharmaceutical alkaloids, including the narcotic
analgesics morphine and codeine. The benzylisoquinoline alkaloids of opium poppy …

Immunofluorescence labeling and shotgun proteomics were used to establish the cell type–
specific localization of morphine biosynthesis in opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) …

Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) produces a diverse array of bioactive
benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, including the narcotic analgesic morphine and the …

The isomerization of neopinone to codeinone is a critical step in the biosynthesis of opiate
alkaloids in opium poppy. Previously assumed to be spontaneous, the process is in fact …

The opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is one of mankind's oldest medicinal plants. Opium
poppy today is the commercial source of the narcotic analgesics morphine and codeine …

The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) belongs to the group of latex‐containing plants.
Latex is the milky‐like fluid within laticifer cells. In this study, poppy latex was analyzed with …

Opium poppy is the only commercial source of the narcotic analgesics morphine and
codeine, and semi-synthetic derivatives of the natural opiate precursor thebaine, including …

The ultimate step in the formation of thebaine, a pentacyclic opiate alkaloid readily
converted to the narcotic analgesics codeine and morphine in the opium poppy, has long …

Morphinan-based painkillers are derived from opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.). We
report a draft of the opium poppy genome, with 2.72 gigabases assembled into 11 …