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Thebaine (paramorphine), also
known as
codeine methyl enol ether, is an
opiate alkaloid, its name
coming from the Gr**** Θῆβαι, Thēbai (Thebes), an ancient...
- by the
pharmaceutical industry), and to
produce other alkaloids (mainly
thebaine and oripavine) that are
processed by
pharmaceutical companies into drugs...
- trade. The
latex also
contains the
closely related opiates codeine and
thebaine, and non-analgesic
alkaloids such as
papaverine and noscapine. The traditional...
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Oripavine is an
opioid and the
major metabolite of
thebaine. It is the
precursor to the semi-synthetic
compounds etorphine and buprenorphine. Although...
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Hydrocodone is a
semisynthetic opioid,
converted from
codeine or less
often from
thebaine.
Production using genetically engineered yeasts has been
developed but...
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produce codeine,
thebaine, and in some
cases negligible amounts of hydromorphone, dihydromorphine, dihydrocodeine, tetrahydro-
thebaine, and hydrocodone...
-
psychoactive compounds found in the
opium plant include morphine, codeine, and
thebaine.
Opiates have long been used for a
variety of
medical conditions, with...
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Oxycodone was
originally produced from the
opium poppy opiate alkaloid thebaine in 1916 in Germany. One year later, it was used
medically for the first...
- in Gorgie, Edinburgh, led by
Kenneth Bentley. It can be
produced from
thebaine.
Etorphine is
available legally only for
veterinary use and is strictly...
- naloxone, an
opioid receptor antagonist, is a
derivative of
thebaine that is
present in opium.
Thebaine Naloxone Prior to the
development of a wide
range of...
