morphinan alkaloids
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2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (5-s) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masihuddin Masihuddin ◽  
MA Jafri ◽  
Aisha Siddiqui ◽  
Shahid Chaudhary

Papaver somniferum commonly known as Khashkhash /Afyon, belongs to family Papaveraceae. It is one of those traditional plants, which have a long history of usage as medicine. The opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) produces some of the most widely used medicinal alkaloids like morphine, codeine, thebain and porphyroxine which are the most important component of this plant. Apart from these alkaloids, opium poppy produces approximately eighty alkaloids belonging to various tetrahydrobenzylisoquinolinederived classes. It has been known for over a century that morphinan alkaloids accumulate in the latex of opium poppy. According to Unani literature, it possesses most important theurapeutic values as modern literature and research studies also prove its therapeutical importance. It is used as analgesic, narcotic, sedative, stimulant as well as nutritive, etc. It is also useful in headache, cough, insomnia, cardiac asthma, and biliary colic. In this paper we have provide a review on habitate, pharmacological actions, phytochemical with special refrence to Unani Medicine. In this review, an attempt is made to explore the complete information of Papaver somniferum including its  phytochemistry and pharmacology. Key words: Khashkhash, Biliary colic, Alkaloid, phytochemistry.


2018 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdi Rezaei ◽  
Mohammad Reza Naghavi ◽  
Abdolhadi Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Alireza Abasi ◽  
Jaber Nasiri

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. e0124459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Fossati ◽  
Lauren Narcross ◽  
Andrew Ekins ◽  
Jean-Pierre Falgueyret ◽  
Vincent J. J. Martin

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 445-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Sharafi ◽  
Haleh Hashemi Sohi ◽  
Amir Mousavi ◽  
Pejman Azadi ◽  
Bahman Hosseini Khalifani ◽  
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ChemInform ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (40) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
Julie Dunet ◽  
Raphael Lebeuf ◽  
Gopal Bose ◽  
Frederic Robert ◽  
Yannick Landais
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2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2178-2181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Dunet ◽  
Raphaël Lebeuf ◽  
Gopal Bose ◽  
Frédéric Robert ◽  
Yannick Landais
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2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 6186-6192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maëlle Carraz ◽  
Akino Jossang ◽  
Philippe Rasoanaivo ◽  
Dominique Mazier ◽  
François Frappier

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