Otto Wilhelm Thomé, illustration of opium poppy Papaver somniferum, 1885. Gera, Germany.
Otto Wilhelm Thomé, illustration of opium poppy Papaver somniferum, 1885. Gera, Germany. In 1803, morphine became one of the first drugs to be isolated from a plant. It was identified by Friedrich Sertürner in Germany. He was able to extract white crystal from crude opium poppy. Source -- source link
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