THE OPIUM POPPY (PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM): CULTIVATION - CHEMISTRY - UTILIZATION

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Abstract:

The cultivation of oil-producing plants constitutes a large part of agricultre throughout the world and in central Europe the opium poppy is one of the most important of such plants. Popularly, the opium poppy is referred to simply as poppy. Each year an increasingly larger acerage is cultivated for poppy production in Germany primarily for the production of the high-grade oil. The opium poppy is not only an oil-producing plant but also furnishes opium and its valuable alkaloids, all irreplacable in medicine. Author

Author(s):
Heeger, E. F. ; Poethke, W.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD
Supplementary Note:
Trans. of die Pharmazie (East Germany) v4 n1 p235-265, 305-306, 317, 1947.
Pagination:
0046

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Approved For Public Release, Document Partially Illegible
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited., Availability: Document Partially Illegible.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
TRANS-1110
Monitor Series:
ABL/MD
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_8_Building Partnerships
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
C4I
Descriptor(s):
*DRUGS, *PLANTS(BOTANY), PRODUCTION, ECONOMICS, DISTRIBUTION, CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, SYNTHESIS(CHEMISTRY), SOILS, CLIMATE, ETHERS, AGRICULTURE, PHARMACOLOGY, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, NARCOTICS, OPIUM ALKALOIDS, MORPHINE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Microbiology, Pharmacology
Keyword(s):
TRANSLATIONS
Report Date:
1964 Jun 03