Abstract
Contents of morphine, codeine,
thebaine, noscapine and papaverine were investigated by high performance
liquid chromatography in six UNL strains of Papaver somniferum grown in
harch climatic conditions in different parts of Finland. P. somniferum
can grow and produce alkaloids as far north as in Utsjoki, close to the
Arctic sea. The maximum alkaloid concentrations were usually found
immediately after the flowering stage. Small and indistinct differences
in the contents of alkaloids due to climatic variations between
different years and latitude of the growing place were found. The
alkaloid spectrum, however, primarily depends on genetic factors; our
material consisted of three different chemotypes.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 201 - 208 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Annales Botanici Fennici |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1984 |
| MoE publication type | Not Eligible |
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Wickström, K., Widen, C-J., Pyysalo, H., & Salemink, C. (1984). Alkaloid formation of Papaver somniferum in Finland. Annales Botanici Fennici, 21(2), 201 - 208. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23725309