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  • ...id in opium, at up to 3 per cent; it is much more prevalent in the Iranian poppy (''Papaver bractreatum''), and codeine is extracted from this species in so ...ver somniferum var. album'', a plant in the [[papaveraceae]] family. Opium poppy has been cultivated and utilized throughout human history for a variety of
    40 KB (5,581 words) - 16:45, 27 September 2010
  • ...ntrations may be found in a handful of other species in the [[Papaveraceae|poppy family]], as well as in some species of [[hops]] and [[mulberry]] trees. Mo Morphine was discovered as the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant in December 1804 in [[Paderborn, Germany]], by [[Friedrich Sertürner
    87 KB (12,376 words) - 16:51, 27 September 2010
  • ...rcup family]], whereas the greater celandine belongs to the [[Papaveraceae|poppy family]]. The [[seed]]s are small and black, borne in a long [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]]. Each h
    8 KB (1,178 words) - 12:27, 7 July 2010
  • ...evolution and ecology of endozoochory in the European flora. In: Fruit and Seed Production: Aspects of Development, Environmental Physiology and Ecology (S ...] of the small seeds is often difficult, due to hard seed coats that cause seed [[dormancy]]. Germination takes several weeks under alternating temperature
    24 KB (3,421 words) - 12:28, 7 July 2010
  • ...ing agent, for cooking, and in plastics. Hemp seeds have been used in bird seed mix as well.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/can ...ral rich outer shell), hemp flour, hemp cake (a by-product of pressing the seed for oil) and hemp protein powder. Hemp is also used in some organic cereals
    42 KB (6,310 words) - 22:11, 21 September 2010
  • ...lisher =Penguin Press HC | isbn= }}</ref> His plans were for his allies to seed small revolts around Afghanistan in the areas where the Afghans wanted to r ...truction, which could profit from switching from interdicting to diverting poppy production—to make medicine.<ref>
    104 KB (15,254 words) - 21:58, 26 September 2010
  • ...e: most, but not all vegetable oils are extracted from the [[fruit]]s or [[seed]]s of plants, and the oils may be classified by grouping oils from similar [[Image:Citrullus lanatus ies.jpg|thumb|right|Watermelon seed oil, extracted from the seeds of ''[[Watermelon|Citrullus vulgaris]]'', is
    58 KB (8,794 words) - 19:39, 13 October 2010