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Opium

Known as: Opium [Chemical/Ingredient], Papaver somniferum exudate, Papaver somniferum resin 
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… 
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Broader (6)

Analgesics, OpioidAntidiarrhealsAntitussive AgentsNarcotic Analgesics
Belladonna Alkaloids 16.2 MG / Opium 30 MG Rectal SuppositoryBelladonna Alkaloids 16.2 MG / Opium 60 MG Rectal SuppositoryCodeineCrohn Disease

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OPIUM, POWDEREDOmnoponPantoponPapaveretum

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Opium: An emerging risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma
Opium use has been associated with higher risk of cancers of the esophagus, bladder, larynx, and lung; however, no previous study… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Dioxygenases catalyze the O-demethylation steps of morphine biosynthesis in opium poppy.
Two previously undetected enzymes involved in morphine biosynthesis and unique among plants to opium poppy have been identified… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
CYP719B1 Is Salutaridine Synthase, the C-C Phenol-coupling Enzyme of Morphine Biosynthesis in Opium Poppy*
Morphine is a powerful analgesic natural product produced by the opium poppy Papaver somniferum. Although formal syntheses of… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Opium poppy and Madagascar periwinkle: model non-model systems to investigate alkaloid biosynthesis in plants.
Alkaloids represent a large and diverse group of compounds that are related by the occurrence of a nitrogen atom within a… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Analgesic substances derived from natural products (natureceuticals).
Review
2004
Review
2004
Opium and Its Alkaloids
PROLOGUE This manuscript reviews the history and pharmacognosy of opium, and describes the chemistry, pharmacology, and… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Molecular Characterization of the Salutaridinol 7-O-Acetyltransferase Involved in Morphine Biosynthesis in Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum *
Salutaridinol 7-O-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.150) catalyzes the conversion of the phenanthrene alkaloid salutaridinol to… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Kat and its use: an historical perspective.
Highly Cited
1964
Highly Cited
1964
EPITHELIAL CELL PENETRATION AS AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF BACILLARY DYSENTERY
LaBrec, Eugene H., Herman Schneider, Thomas J. Magnani, and Samuel B. Formal. Epithelial cell penetration as an essential step in… 
Highly Cited
1940
Highly Cited
1940
STUDIES ON PAIN. MEASUREMENT OF THE EFFECT OF MORPHINE, CODEINE, AND OTHER OPIATES ON THE PAIN THRESHOLD AND AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR RELATION TO THE PAIN EXPERIENCE.
Though valuable observations have been made of the action of analgesic agents, these have been based in the main on animal… 
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