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Opium  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The air-dried exudate from the unripe seed capsule of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, or its variant, P. album. It contains a number of alkaloids, but only a few - MORPHINE; CODEINE; and PAPAVERINE - have clinical significance. Opium has been used as an analgesic, antitussive, antidiarrheal, and antispasmodic.

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Entry terms

  • 8008-60-4

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DQSB0LG2-0

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