Concept information
Preferred term
Opium
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Omnopon
- Pantopon
- Papaveretum
Note
- OPIUM DEPENDENCE is also available
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- PANTOPON was see under OPIUM 1963-79
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009892
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