There is deep social and cultural background for it that China fell the greatest victim of the criminal opium smuggling by the British imperialists in modern history.
Japan didn't follow in China's footsteps and was free from pernicious influence of opium-smoking,and was immune against a national disaster because the Japanese nation advocated thrift,hard-working,and was disciplined by bushido,and besides,it had its conservative diet.
The author tries to analyze and compare the differences between the traditional cultures of China and Japan from the angle of the pernicious influence of opium-smoking.
Emotional evaluation of short musical fragments was compared for healthy people, patients with endogenous or neurotic depression, and opium addicts with affective disorders.
Using gas chromatography, the alkaloids morphine, codeine, thebaine, papaverine and narcotine contained in opium extract have been identified and quanti-fied as free bases in one step without derivation.
For this purpose, accurately weighed amounts of opium extract and internal standard are prepared according to the method described, and an aliquot part of the resultant solution is subjected to gas chromatography under defined conditions.