A report on Morphine, Thebaine and Opiate

A localized reaction to intravenous morphine caused by histamine release in the veins

A chart outlining the structural features that define opiates and opioids, including distinctions between semi-synthetic and fully synthetic opiate structures

Morphine Hydrochloride Ampoule for Veterinary Use

Latex bleeding from a freshly-scored seed pod

Morphine biosynthesis in the opium poppy

Morphine addiction cure advertisement in the year 1900

Chemical structure of morphine. The benzylisoquinoline backbone is shown in green.

Morphine structure showing its standard ring lettering and carbon numbering system.

Same structure, but in a three-dimensional perspective.

First generation production of alkaloids from licit latex-derived opium

Advertisement for curing morphine addiction, c. 1900

An ampoule of morphine with integral needle for immediate use. Also known as a "syrette". From WWII. On display at the Army Medical Services Museum.

Two capsules (5 mg & 10 mg) of morphine sulfate extended- release

Morphine is a pain medication of the opiate family that is found naturally in opium, a dark brown resin in poppies (Papaver somniferum).

- Morphine

Thebaine (paramorphine), also known as codeine methyl enol ether, is an opiate alkaloid, its name coming from the Greek Θῆβαι, Thēbai (Thebes), an ancient city in Upper Egypt.

- Thebaine

A minor constituent of opium, thebaine is chemically similar to both morphine and codeine, but has stimulatory rather than depressant effects.

- Thebaine

The psychoactive compounds found in the opium plant include morphine, codeine, and thebaine.

- Opiate

The latter varieties, including the 'Przemko' and 'Norman' cultivars of the opium poppy, are used to produce two other alkaloids, thebaine and oripavine, which are used in the manufacture of semi-synthetic and synthetic opioids like oxycodone and etorphine and some other types of drugs.

- Morphine

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Opium

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Dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum.

Poppy crop from the Malwa in India (probably Papaver somniferum var. album )

Opium users in Java during the Dutch colonial period c. 1870

Latin translation of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine, 1483

An artist's view of an Ottoman opium seller

An opium den in 18th-century China through the eyes of a Western artist

Destruction of opium at Humen, June 1839

British assault on Canton during the First Opium War, May 1841

Storage of opium at a British East India Company warehouse, c. 1850

The cover page of the book of The Truth about Opium Smoking

Map showing the amount of opium produced in China in 1908: The quote "We English, by the policy we have pursued, are morally responsible for every acre of land in China which is withdrawn from the cultivation of grain and devoted to that of the poppy; so that the fact of the growth of the drug in China ought only to increase our sense of responsibility." is by Lord Justice Fry.

Apothecary vessel for storage of opium as a pharmaceutical, Germany, 18th or 19th century

Modern vial of morphine first isolated from opium by Friedrich Sertürner

Afghanistan, Helmand province. A Marine greets local children working in the field of opium poppies near the base.

Afghanistan opium poppy cultivation, 1994–2016 (hectares)

An Akha man smokes a pipe containing opium mixed with tobacco

Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal use and for the illegal drug trade.

The latex also contains the closely related opiates codeine and thebaine, and non-analgesic alkaloids such as papaverine and noscapine.

Codeine

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Codeine is an opiate and prodrug of morphine used to treat pain, coughing, and diarrhea.

However, these opioids are no longer synthesized from codeine and are usually synthesized from other opium alkaloids; specifically thebaine.