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    The document summarizes major alkaloids, their sources, and uses. It lists 8 alkaloids including morphine, codeine, reserpine, quinine, atropine, ephedrine, curcumine, and aconite. It provides the source of each alkaloid such as the opium poppy, cinchona bark, atropa belladona. It also outlines the main uses of the alkaloids including as analgesics, to lower blood pressure, treat malaria, dilate pupils, and treat asthma.

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    The document summarizes major alkaloids, their sources, and uses. It lists 8 alkaloids including morphine, codeine, reserpine, quinine, atropine, ephedrine, curcumine, and aconite. It provides the source of each alkaloid such as the opium poppy, cinchona bark, atropa belladona. It also outlines the main uses of the alkaloids including as analgesics, to lower blood pressure, treat malaria, dilate pupils, and treat asthma.

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    Knowing major alkaloids, their source and uses

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    Alkaloid Source Use

    Morphine Papaver Somineferum Analgesic/sedative

    Codiene Papaver Somineferum (capsule) Cold & cough

    Reserpine Rawolfia serpentia(root) Lowers BP.

    Quinine Cinchona offincilis(bark) Malaria

    Atropine Atropa Belladona(leaf) Dilates ,pupil of eye

    Ephedrine Ephetra (whole plant) Asthma

    Curcumine Curcurma longa (rhizome) Antihelminth

    Aconite Aconitium napellus (roots) Neuralgia/Rheumatism

    Cooaine Erythroxylon coca (leaf) Local anesthesia

    Strychnine Strychnor nuxvomica (seed) Nervous disorder

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