Studies on the biosynthesis of the morphine alkaloids

Earlier work on the biosynthesis of morphine in the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is reviewed in chapter I. A variety of unnatural codeine precursors, closely related structurally to codeine and labelled with 3H at C-2, have been prepared and administered to P. somniferum plants. Their in vivo 3-...

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Main Author: Stewart R. Massey
Format: Default Thesis
Published: 1971
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/34137
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