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Papaver somniferium

Poppy (Papaver somniferium). Opium is obtained from unripe capsules and from the straw of the poppy plant. The narcotic is not present in the seed, which is much used for birdseed. It contains 40-70% of a semi-drying oil used by artists and as an edible oil. Rich in linoleic acid (72%), it also contains palmitic (10%), oleic (11%), and linolenic acids (5%) (79, 164). [Pg.285]

Papaver somniferium, 80 Paper chromatography, 277 Parallel chain planes, 323 Paraquat and lung lipids, 552 Parinaric acid, 11 Parinarium sherbroense, 74 Partially hydrogenated fats, 457 Pea, 488... [Pg.568]


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