Although yams and sweet potatoes are both angiosperms (flowering plants), they are not related botanically. Yams. Yams are closely related to lilies and grasses. Native to Africa and Asia, yams vary in size from that of a small potato to a record 130 pounds (as of 1999).ams are a monocot (a plant having one embryonic seed leaf) and from the Dioscoreaceae or Yam family. Yams. Yams are closely related to lilies and grasses. Native to Africa and Asia, yams vary in size from that of a small potato to a record 130 pounds (as of 1999).
Raspberry ketone occurs in a variety of fruits including raspberries, cranberries and blackberries. It is biosynthesized from coumaroyl-CoA. Extraction of pure raspberry ketone is usually 1â4 mg per kg of raspberries.ince the natural abundance of raspberry ketone is very low, it is prepared industrially by a variety of methods from chemical intermediates. One of the ways this can be done is through a crossed aldol-catalytic hydrogenation.
Opioids come from the plant Opium Poppy, which is botanically known as Papaver somniferum. The plant was first cultivated around 3400 B.C. This plant is also found in Europe, North America, South America, and Asia and is referred to as the common garden poppy.