Molecular cloning and functional expression of codeinone reductase: the penultimate enzyme in morphine biosynthesis in the opium poppy Papaver somniferum
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- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The Plant Journal
- Vol. 18 (5), 465-475
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-313x.1999.00470.x
Abstract
The narcotic analgesic morphine is the major alkaloid of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum . Its biosynthetic precursor codeine is currently the most widely used and effective antitussive...Keywords
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