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Question
From which plant is heroin ultimately derived?
Options
Erythroxylum coca
Papaver somniferum
Atropa belladonna
Cannabis sativa
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Solution
Heroin is obtained by acetylation of morphine, which is extracted from the latex of the poppy plant Papaver somniferum. This is the botanical source for opioid production, specifically the common opium poppy species.
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