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Pantopon, also known as Opium Alkaloids Hydrochlorides, is a preparation of opiates made up of all of the alkaloids present in opium in their natural proportions as hydrochlorides salts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It can sometimes be tolerated by people who are allergic to morphine .
This alkaloid is biosynthetically related to salutaridine, oripavine, morphine and reticuline. [6] In 2012 there was an amounted 146,000 kilograms of thebaine produced. [7] In 2013, Australia was the main producer of poppy straw rich in thebaine, followed by Spain and then France. By 2017, worldwide thebaine production dropped to 2,008 kg. [8]
An opiate is an alkaloid substance derived from opium (or poppy straw). [1] It differs from the similar term opioid in that the latter is used to designate all substances, both natural and synthetic, that bind to opioid receptors in the brain (including antagonists). [ 2 ]
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Reticuline is an alkaloid found in opium and a variety of plants including Lindera aggregata, [1] Annona squamosa, [2] and Ocotea fasciculata (also known as Ocotea duckei). [3] Experiments in rodents suggest reticulije possesses potent central nervous system depressing effects. [3] It is the precursor of morphine and many other alkaloids
Some minor opium alkaloids and various substances with opioid action are also found elsewhere, including molecules present in kratom, Corydalis, and Salvia divinorum plants and some species of poppy aside from Papaver somniferum. There are also strains which produce copious amounts of thebaine, an important raw material for making many semi ...
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Opium poppy contains at least 50 different alkaloids, but most of them are of very low concentration. Morphine is the principal alkaloid in raw opium and constitutes roughly 8–19% of opium by dry weight (depending on growing conditions). [84] Some purpose-developed strains of poppy now produce opium that is up to 26% morphine by weight.