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US 6,376,221 B1Granted
Production of thebaine and oripavine
AssigneeTasmanian Alkaloids Pty. Ltd.
InventorsAnthony John Fist, Christopher James Byrne, Wayne Lyle Gerlach
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Abstract
There is disclosed an improved poppy straw of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum for the extraction of thebaine and/or oripavine, the threshed straw having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine.
Claims10
A method for the production of thebaine and/or oripavine which comprises the steps of:
- a) harvesting poppy capsules of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum to produce a straw where the plant is such a plant that the straw contains thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine, and
- b) chemically extracting the thebaine and/or oripavine from the straw.
A method for the production of thebaine and/or oripavine which comprises the steps of:
- a) collecting and drying the latex of the immature poppy capsules of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum to produce opium where the plant is such a plant that the opium contains thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine, and
- b) chemically extracting the thebaine and/or oripavine from the opium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.