Well, understanding how rocks are changed by heat, pressure, and chemical solutions can help us in understanding the variety of metamorphic rocks which we actually observe on the Earth's surface.
Noscapine is a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid produced in opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) and other members of the Papaveraceae. It has been used as a cough suppressant and more recently was shown to possess anticancer activity.
So basically, drugs in the opium class, are not called opium drugsâ¦they are called opiates. This includes heroin, morphine, codeine, and all of the prescription painkillers that are synthetic morphine. Heroin: Heroin is a manmade drug because it is processed morphine (That comes from opium) that people illegally make.