Alkaloid

Morphine is far more effective than crude opium as analgesic since morphine is in the pure form. Sadly, morphine gives the risks of addiction, tolerance and respiratory depression Morphine is the most abundant opiate in opium. It is the principal alkaloid of opium. Opium is the name of latex produced within the seed pods of the opium poppy, PapaVer somniferum L., or P. album Mill,

Abstract Justicia adhatoda is a medicinal plant native to Asia. It is widely used in Ayurvedic and Unani medicines. Its leaves contain most of its alkaloid content. Alkaloids extracted from its leaves are used in various drugs. Considering its medicinal importance and high antioxidant content, Justicia adhatoda was chosen for this study and estimation of total antioxidant content, phenolics and activities of enzymes catalase and ascorbate peroxidase was conducted on the leaf samples of the plant

Stramonium as a Medicine Levi Phillips Dr. Mark Watson University of Charleston Taxonomy Datura stramonium is a plant that can be as helpful as it is deadly. A member of the Solanaceae family, the plant contains three different types of alkaloids. These alkaloids are atropine, hyoscamine, and scopolamine. Some members of the Solanaceae family are potatoes, coffee, peppers, and tomatoes. (Gaire & Subedi, 2013) This essay will focus primarily on uses of scopolamine from the Datura stramonium for medicinal

Summary This article talks about how caffeine works and how it may be considered a drug. The article starts out by saying that billions of people are addicted to caffeine and then explains the history of caffeine. It was originally used to protect against insects because the amount of caffeine in plants is toxic to bugs. Then, when the caffeine was absorbed into nearby soil, the plant growth of nearby plants would be hindered. Because of this more and more plants evolved to contain caffeine

The book, Napoleon’s Buttons, gets its name from an event that happened with the French leader, Napoleon Bonaparte. The authors of the book, Penny le Couteur and Jay Burreson, found it interesting that there could be a possibility of there being a link between the death of the French soldiers during the 1812 winter war and the fact that their coat buttons were made of tin because tin behaves differently when temperatures drop. That propelled Couteur and Burreson to write this book. The book talks

Cockroaches are the oldest and most primitive winged insects. Most species are found in tropic area, fewer species are found in temperate area. Majority of the species are no economic importance, inhabiting the floor of tropical, caves, rain forests, deserts, etc (Lee & Ng 2009). 2.1.2 Physical characteristics Most cockroaches are light brown to black color to suit their cryptic, habitat and nocturnal behavior. Cockroach body is typically oval and flattened dorsal-ventrally. This type of shape allows

Abstract The antimicrobial activity of alkaloids, tannins, saponins, flavonoids, phenol and cardic glycoside present in the various parts of Chrysophyllum albidium plant were investigated. These phytochemical were determined quantitatively and tested against staphylococcus aureus, B. subtilis, pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli, C. tetani, and the fungus; candida albicans. Most the plant parts were found to contain alkaloids, tannins, phenols and flavonoids except for the absence of cardic glycosides

over fifty alkaloids are within the ergot sclerotia, but mainly ergonovine (also known as ergometrine, ergobasine, ergotocine, ergotstetrine C19H23N3O2, ergotamine C33H35N5O5,ergotcryptine C32H41N5O5, ergocornine C31H39N5O5, ergocristine C35H39N5O5, ergosine C30H37N5O5, and ergovalide) is present in ergot. Most of the alkaloids contain thirty to thirty-five carbon atoms, although some have a smaller number. Therefore, these alkaloids can be classified as polypeptides. All ergot alkaloids form lysergic

Cocaine is made from the leaves of the coca plant which was first found in the andes, where indigenous people used the plant to cope with high altitude sickness. The molecular formula of cocoaine is C17H21NO4. Cocaine is an alkanoid ester. This means that it is an organic compound which contains nitrogen, (in a negative oxidation state), and is not widely common amongst living organisms unlike something like carbohydrates (e.g. glucose) which are used by most organisms for energy. It is used for

When you think of science humor is often not the first word to come to mind. In the Poisoner’s handbook, Maxwell Hutchkinson manages to depict various ways to kill people in a slightly amusing form. The book is formatted in a textbook style, categorizing various forms of poisons, from plants to chemicals to weapons and just about everything in between. One particularly interesting topic was on drugs, but I did not think it would be appropriate to touch on. I will touch on a few of the topics covered