Alkaloid use of Ephedra and opium poppies. Also, coca leaves have been used by South American Indians since ancient times. Extracts from plants containing toxic alkaloids, such as aconitine and tubocurarine, were used since antiquity for poisoning arrows. Studies of alkaloids began in the 19th century. In 1804, the German chemist Friedrich Sertürner isolated from opium a "soporific principle" (), which he called "morphium" in honor of Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams; in German and some other Central-European languages, this is still the name of the drug. The term "morphine", used in English and French, was given by the French
Theodora (given name) between 2003-2005. Theodora (given name) Theodora (, "Theodōra") is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Theodore, which derives from the Greek words ', "theos", "god" and ', "doron", "gift". "Theodora" is first attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B syllabic script, as , "te-o-do-ra". The name Dorothy (Greek: , "Dōrothea") contains the same word elements in reverse order. It was the name of several saints and queens, including Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress honored as a saint in the early Christian Church. Teodora, a variant, is among the top 10 most popular names for girls born