HEALTHY DIETS AND SCIENCE: Bread contains opioids similar to the morphine found in poppies

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Thursday, 6 May 2010

Bread contains opioids similar to the morphine found in poppies

Published in the J Biol Chem. 1979 Apr 10;254(7):2446-9.

Opioid peptides derived from food proteins. The exorphins.
Zioudrou C, Streaty RA, Klee WA.

This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/372181

Peptides with opioid activity are found in wheat gluten. These opioids demonstrate psychoactive effects in humans similar to morphine found in poppies. Some individuals have neurological reactions to these molecules that may be pronounced and violent.

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