Poppy
Subtitle: The Genus Papaver
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780203304181
Subjects: Opium poppy-- Industrial applications
Description: A comprehensive treatment of Poppy emphasising its importance in medical and industrial usage , this volume should be of interest to everyone involved in medicinal plant research.
Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
Table of contents: title: BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE TO THE SERIES; PREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; SECTION I INTRODUCTION; SECTION II BIOLOGY OF POPPY; 1 TAXONOMY; 2 MORPHOLOGICAL-ANATOMICAL ASPECTS; 3 PHYSIOLOGICAL-ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS; 4 GENETICS AND BREEDING OF PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; SECTION III CHEMISTRY-BIOCHEMISTRY OF POPPY; 1 CHEMICAL STRUCTURES OF ALKALOIDS; 2 BIOSYNTHESIS OF MORPHINANE ALKALOIDS; SECTION IV BIOTECHNOLOGY OF POPPY; 1 IN VITRO BIOSYNTHESIS OF POPPY ALKALOIDS; 2 IN VITRO CULTURE TECHNOLOGIES; SECTION V RAW MATERIAL PRODUCTION