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Care to clarify what's erroneous?
by 91bananas 10y ago
Care to clarify what's erroneous?
- irishsultan 10y agoIt seems there are two processes in use, one uses opium as an intermediary, the other doesn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine#Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine#Production The latex used in India would seem to be opium (which is a dried latex obtained from the opium poppy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium
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- maxerickson 10y agoThe active compounds are not concentrated in the seeds. The seeds are even in the way of extraction of the opioids from the rest of the plant. Also, Opium is not really a compound, it's a mixture (which is maybe getting pedantic, but it's ~8th grade science).
- TenOhms 10y agoCorrect, the seeds themselves are inert, the latex surrounding the seeds is what contains the opium.
- senorjazz 10y agoAlthough may be present in the seeds in minute quantities, they extract it from the seed pod by scarring the pod and then letting it "bleed" (probably not the correct term) and harvesting it later.
- Nursie 10y agoOpium is a mixture of compounds, not a compound itself.