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Coca alkaloid or cocaine is obtained from:

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a

Papaver somniferum

b

Atropa belladona

c

Erythroxylum coca

d

Datura

answer is C.

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Coca alkaloid or cocaine is obtained from coca plant Erythroxylum coca, native to South America. It interferes with the transport of the neuro-transmitter dopamine and causes euphoria.

Morphine is obtained from Papaver somniferum.

Drugs with hallucinogenic properties are obtained from Datura and Atropa.

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Coca alkaloid or cocaine is obtained from: