OpiumPlex is a novel microsatellite system for profiling opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.).

ABSTRACT: Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) is a versatile plant exploited by the pharmaceutical and food industries. Unfortunately, it is also infamously known as a source of highly addictive narcotics, primarily heroin. Drug abuse has devastating consequences for users and also has many direct or indirect negative impacts on human society as a whole. Therefore, developing a molecular genetic tool for the individualization of opium poppy, raw opium or heroin samples could help in the fight against the drug trade by retrieving more information about the source of narcotics and linking isolated criminal cases. Bioinformatic analysis provided insight into the distribution, density and other characteristics of roughly 150 thousand microsatellite loci within the poppy genome and indicated underreprese

SUBMITTER: Vasek J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211840 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature