Plants with toxic alkaloids - University of Washington
Plants with toxic alkaloids - University of Washington Plants with toxic alkaloids - University of Washington
Laticiferous systems (lactifers) are found in the poppy family, in the rubber trees (Para rubber tree and Castilla elastica), and in the Cichorieae with Dandelion, lettuce, hawkweed and salsify; also present in milkweeds & spurges Lactifers Latex = milky sap of many plants that coagulates on exposure to air. A complex emulsion in which proteins, alkaloids, starchs, sugars, oils, tannins, resins and gums are found. In most plants, latex is white, but some have yellow, orange, or scarlet latex.
Lactifers – pipelines for defense and wound healing Opium for illegal use is often converted into heroin, which is less bulky to smuggle & has a potency of twice that of morphine. Heroin can be taken by intravenous injection, intranasally, smoked and inhaled. Semen papaveri or poppy seeds contain a lot of oil but little morphine.
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Laticiferous<br />
systems (lactifers)<br />
are found in the<br />
poppy family, in the<br />
rubber trees (Para<br />
rubber tree and<br />
Castilla elastica),<br />
and in the<br />
Cichorieae <strong>with</strong><br />
Dandelion, lettuce,<br />
hawkweed and<br />
salsify; also present<br />
in milkweeds &<br />
spurges<br />
Lactifers<br />
Latex = milky sap <strong>of</strong> many plants that coagulates on exposure to<br />
air. A complex emulsion in which proteins, <strong>alkaloids</strong>, starchs,<br />
sugars, oils, tannins, resins and gums are found. In most plants,<br />
latex is white, but some have yellow, orange, or scarlet latex.
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