Opium Poppy, Papaver somniferum

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Papaveraceae

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Musculoskeletal

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Medicinal Garden information:

Musculoskeletal

Medicines derived from the opium poppy is an effective pain reliever. This poppy is the source of many narcotics, including morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine and noscapine.

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Opium alkaloids morphine and codeine are derived from the opium poppy. Globally, opium has gradually been superseded by a variety of purified, semi-synthetic, and synthetic opioids with progressively stronger effects, and by other general anesthetics.

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Opium Poppy