Multiple choice

Opium is extracted from which of the following?

  1. Papaver somniferum

  2. Atropa belladona

  3. Vinca rosea

  4. Azadirachta indica

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Explanation

Opium is the dried latex that is obtained from Papaver somniferum. Opium latex contains approximately twelve percent of morphine.

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