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Heroin is extracted from (a) Erythroxyl...

Heroin is extracted from
(a) Erythroxylon coca
(b) Cannabis sativa
(c) Papaver somniferum
(d) Atropa belladona

A

Erythroxylon coca

B

Cannabis sativa

C

Papaver somniferum

D

Atropa belladona

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