Gujarati
Hindi
7.Human Health and Disease
medium

Opium is obtained from

A

Oryza sativa

B

Coffea arabica

C

Thea sinensis

D

Papaver somniferum

(AIIMS-2011)

Solution

Opium is a narcotic formed from the latex released by lacerating the immature seed pods of opium poppies (Papaver somniferum). Morphine is the most prevalent alkaloid in opium, about $10\%-16\%$ of the total alkaloids. It is responsible for most of the harmful effects such as lung edema, respiratory difficulties, coma, or cardiac or respiratory collapse.

Standard 12
Biology

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