Opium poppy
A photograph of a capsule of the opium poppy called papaver somniferum or papaver album The exudate is dried and the product is opium 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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Photo credit: © Mediscan / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 011976, album, codeine, drugs, medical, medicines, morphine, opiates, opium, papaver, papaverine, pharmaceuticals, pharmacognosy, pharmacology, photograph, plants, poppy, somniferum
