| Description |
1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- About the Author -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Botanical Studies -- General Description of the Plant -- Distribution -- Chapter 3: Cytology and Genetic Studies -- Heterosis in Hybrid -- Male Sterility -- Mutation Breeding -- Polyploidy Breeding -- Chapter 4: Agricultural Studies -- Fertilizers and Manures -- Irrigation -- Weeding and Hoeing -- Harvesting -- Yield of Opium/Morphine -- Changes in Morphine Concentration -- Diseases and Control Measures |
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Weather Hazards -- Insect Pests -- Chapter 5: Physiological Studies -- Photoperiodic Studies -- Respiration Studies -- Effect of Growth Regulators -- External Factors Affecting Opium and Morphine Content -- Chapter 6: Anatomical Studies -- Leaf -- Stem -- Peduncle -- The Laticiferous Vessels -- General Description of the Cultivated Plant -- Vascular Traces in the Placenta -- Stigmatic Rays -- Comparative Antomy of the Capsules -- Anatomy of the Other Floral Parts -- Anatomical Studies of Seeds and Seedlings -- Chapter 7: Constitution of Amphicribal Vascular Bundles in Capsule |
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Vascular Bundles of the Pedicel -- The Nature and Course of the Vascular Bundles in the Receptacle and Gynoecium -- Chapter 8: Chemical and Pharmacological Aspects of Opium Alkaloids -- Powdered Opium -- Meconic Acid -- Pharmacology -- Codeine -- Heroin -- Thebaine -- Neopine -- Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids -- Laudanosoline -- Laudanosine -- Laudanine -- Reticuline -- Porphyroxine -- The Protopine Group -- Phthalideisoquinoline Alkaloids -- Phannacology -- Narceinone -- Chapter 9: Biosynthesis and Physiology of Opium Alkaloids -- Site of Formation of Alkaloids -- Morphine and Seed Development |
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Latex and Alkaloid Vesicles -- Subcellular Localization of Alkaloids -- Diurnal Variations of Alkaloids -- Enzymic Activity -- Bound Alkaloids -- Metabolites -- Biosynthesis Activity in Pellets -- Biotransformation of Alkaloids -- Role of Reticuline -- Bioconversion of Thebaine to Morphine -- Metabolism and In Vivo Degradation of Morphinans -- Stereoselectivity and Substrate Specificity -- Biosynthesis of Papaverine -- Biosynthesis of Narcotine -- Chapter 10: Occurrence and Role of Alkaloids in Plants -- Occurrence -- Functions |
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Chapter 11: Evaluation of Analgesic Actions of Morphine in Various Pain Models in Experimental Animals -- Introduction -- The Interpretation of ""Pain"" in Humans versus Experimental Animals -- Responses to Nociceptive Stimuli in Experimental Animals -- Quantitative Determination of the Activity of Analgesics -- Some Commonly Used Nociceptive Tests -- Models for Chronic Pain -- Conclusion -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000154849 |
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100015484X |
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