The alkaloids, orientalidine, oripavine, thebaine, narceine, narceine, codeine, papaverine, isothebaine, alpenigenine and morphine react with a solution of sulfuric acid containing molybdate to give specific colors. Using the acid solution permitted the differentiation of Papaver bracteatum latex
A high pressure liquid chromatographic isocratic procedure is described for determining and quantitating the 5 major alkaloids narcotine, papaverine, thebaine, codeine, and morphine in Papaver somniferum L. and thebaine in Papaver bracteatum Lindl. Other papaveraceous alkaloids, including