In a letter to the country’s top medical official, the Center for Science in the Public Interest asked U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams to issue an advisory warning people of the dangers of ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 66, No. 3 (Mar., 1979), pp. 266-273 (8 pages) Plastids were observed in all stages of laticifer differentiation in Papaver somniferum L. Plastids in laticifer initials ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Mountain View police have announced one of the largest seizures of opium poppy pods in California history. Authorities arrested two people and seized roughly 50 pounds of opium ...

Poppyseed oil is derived from the seeds of the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum. This plant has been cultivated by humans for thousands of years and used for a variety of purposes. Poppies are known ...