background bedsore is one of the major problems in all the societies as patients are confined to bed. due to antibiotic resistant strains being a significant obstacle for cure, many plants and herbs are being used by researchers as medicinal compounds. objectives the investigation of synergistic effect of cellulose biopolymer and papaver macrostomum extract on bedsores bacterial community. mate...

papaver pseudo-orientale population tarom was shown to contain two major alkaloids, isothebaine (0.65%), orientalidine (0.15%) and four minor alkaloids, bracteoline, mecambridine, or and a novel alkaloid, nor-methyl or .

T he world’s entire supply of opioid painkillers begins with the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum). Every year, about 100,000 ha of the crop is grown for its opiate compounds, which are extracted and converted into analgesics such as codeine and hydrocodone. Bioengineer Christina Smolke of Stanford University thinks it’s time for a new approach. Last year, she developed yeast that turns glucose ...

BACKGROUND Dalmatia is an interesting place to study the use of wild greens as it lies at the intersection of influence of Slavs, who do not usually use many species of wild greens, and Mediterranean culinary culture, where the use of multiple wild greens is common. The aim of the study was to document the mixtures of wild green vegetables which are sold in all the vegetable markets of Dalmatia...