Amino Acids in Opium

Crude opium and fresh poppy latex have been found to contain a large number of free amino acids in addition to polypeptides liberating amino acids on hydrolysis. The relative amounts of the various amino acids differ for opium samples from several different geographic regions. This suggests that the...

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Published in:Journal of pharmaceutical sciences 1961-05, Vol.50 (5), p.406-408
Main Authors: Jabbar, A., Brochmann-Hanssen, E.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Amino Acids - chemistry
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Opium - chemistry
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Summary:Crude opium and fresh poppy latex have been found to contain a large number of free amino acids in addition to polypeptides liberating amino acids on hydrolysis. The relative amounts of the various amino acids differ for opium samples from several different geographic regions. This suggests that the amino acid composition may be suitable as a means of origin determination.
ISSN:0022-3549
1520-6017
DOI:10.1002/jps.2600500507