1st Edition

Opium Poppy Botany, Chemistry, and Pharmacology

By L. Kapoor Copyright 1995
352 Pages
by CRC Press

344 Pages
by CRC Press

348 Pages
by CRC Press

Here is an in-depth examination of the opium poppy--the first medicinal plant known to mankind. In Opium Poppy: Botany, Chemistry, and Pharmacology, author L. D. Kapoor provides readers with a comprehensive resource on poppy production from seed to alkaloid. He explores the opium poppy?s origin, distribution, chemistry, and uses and abuses from ancient civilizations through the present day. He... Read more

Botanical Studies, Cytology and Genetic Studies, Agronomical Studies, Physiological Studies, Anatomical Studies, Constitution of Amphicribal Vascular Bundles in Capsule, Chemical and Pharmacological Aspects of Opium Alkaloids, Biosynthesis and Physiology of Opium Alkaloids, Occurrence and Role of Alkaloids in Plants, Evaluation of Analgesic Actions of Morphine in Various Pain Models in Experimental Animals

Biography

L. D. Kapoor (Author)