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.
Claims4
A stand of a stably reproducing Papaver somniferum, which upon the harvesting of their poppy capsules will yield a poppy straw having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and oripavine, each on a dry weight basis, or alternatively, which upon the collection and drying of the latex from their immature poppy capsules will yield an opium having thebaine and oripavine constituting about 50% by weight or greater of the alkaloid combination consisting of morphine, codeine, thebaine and ohpavine.
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