Studies on the biosynthesis of the morphine alkaloids

Earlier work on the biosynthesis of morphine in the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is reviewed in chapter I. A variety of unnatural codeine precursors, closely related structurally to codeine and labelled with 3H at C-2, have been prepared and administered to P. somniferum plants. Their in vivo 3-...

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Main Author: Massey, Stewart R.
Published: Loughborough University 1971
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.756421