Papaver fugax Poiret population Khalkhal was shown to contain four major alkaloids, roemerine (0.19%), mecamberine (0.39%), liriodenine (0.20%) and salutaridine (0.10%). Papaver caucasicum M. B. population Elika was shown to contain four major alkaloids, nuciferine (0.50%), amurensinine (0.15%), lysicamine (0.30%) and nornuciferine (0.40%). Lysicarnine and nornuciferine were detected for t...

Original publication: Laila M. Karlsson and Per Milberg, Seed dormancy pattern and germination preferences of the South African annual Papaver aculeatum, 2007, South African Journal of Botany, (73), 422-428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2007.03.007. Copyright: Elsevier B.V., http://www.elsevier.com/ Postprint available free at: Linköping University E-Press: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:...

Background Ziziphi spinosae semen (ZSS), dry mature seeds of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. var. spinosa (Bunge) Hu ex H.F. Chow., are widely used in the treatment insomnia, fright palpitations, and profuse dreaming medical treatments. The counterfeit species ZSS, mauritianae (ZMS), Hovenia dulcis Thunb (HDT) from incurva Roxb. acerba Lindl., respectively. However, pharmacopeia is not recorded for ZMS H...

Previous studies have shown that the extract of Papaver rhoeas reduces morphine dependence, locomotor activity and reward. In present study, the effects of hydro-alcohol extract of Papaver Rhoeas on the tolerance to analgesic effects of morphine in mice have been investigated using tail flick method. Subcutaneous (s.c.) administration of morphine (1, 2, 5 and 10 mg/kg) induced analgesia. Howeve...

Previous studies have shown that the extract of Papaver rhoeas reduces morphine dependence, locomotor activity and reward. In present study, the effects of hydro-alcohol extract of Papaver Rhoeas on the tolerance to analgesic effects of morphine in mice have been investigated using tail flick method. Subcutaneous (s.c.) administration of morphine (1, 2, 5 and 10 mg/kg) induced analgesia. Howeve...