Papaver persicum

Preininger V, Appelt J, Slavikova L, Slavik J (1967) Alkaloide aus den Aiten Papaver persicum Lindl. andP. caucasicum Marsch.-Bieb. Collect Czech Chem Commun 32 2682-2686 Preininger V, Novak J, Santavy F (1981) Glauca - eine neue Sektion der Gattung Papaver. Hanta Med 41 119-123... 

The investigation of the herbarium samples from Iraq was carried out (65). Papaver acrochaetum yielded rhoeagenine 404) as the major alkaloid. The major alkaloids of P. curviscapum were protopine (309) and allocryptopine (310). The major alkaloid of Iraqi P. persicum and of P. armeniacum was identified as the glycosidic alkaloid floripavidine (119), which had been first reported from P. floribundum. For the infraspecific variation of the alkaloids of the section Miltantha, see also Ref. 64. 

Alkaloid from Corydalis cava (C. tuberosa), Papaver fugax, P. paeoniflorum, P. persicum and P. somniferum. By prod, in extraction of morphine from opium. One of the first alkaloids to be isol. (Fumariaceae, Papaveraceae). Antitussive agent, of similar potency to and poss. with some advantages over codeine. Mod. effective smooth muscle relaxant. Reference material used in elemental microanalysis. Stout needles (EtOH). 

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